If the increase was as much as 147 per cent, from 33.15 sq km to 81.81 sq km as per the ISPR-21 report, it was because of the many measures that were taken. Plantations along the 158 km outer ring road, at road intersections, along the highways, development of parks and turning graveyards green, were what contributed to the city emerging in the top position in all the Mega Cities.
