Say techies, who want to plant 1.5 lakh saplings to compensate for trees felled because of metro
Say techies, who want to plant 1.5 lakh saplings to compensate for trees felled because of metrou00a0
Forget protests against felling of trees; some techies have a better idea.
They will plant three saplings for every tree felled in the city because of the metro and other projects.
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"Planting saplings is the need of hour and protests are not an alternative," said B N Shivshankar, an environmentalist who is leading the initiative. "We have to plant more trees before it's too late."
"We have decided to increase the city's green cover, which is decreasing day by day," said Stephen Anthony, a software engineer from Wipro.
"We plan to start off by planting saplings in barren lands throughout the city," he said.
The group will plant saplings every weekend in places such as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Morarji Navodaya Vidyalayas, hospitals, government hostels and schools.
Each volunteer will so also donate Rs 20 towards the maintenance of each sapling they plant.
The group plans to plant around 1.5 lakh saplings that include species such as Neem, Avenue Tree and Gul Mohar.
They will also carry out awareness campaigns at schools, colleges and hospitals and gift saplings at functions such as weddings, birthday parties etc.u00a0
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