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1,200 saplings planted

Thursday, 01 August 2013 04:30 administrator
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The Hindu             01.08.2013

1,200 saplings planted

Green cover:Students watering a sapling at a plantation drive organised by the departments of Forest and Prison in association with Siruthuli on the Coimbatore Central Prison campus on Wednesday.- Photo: M. Periasamy
Green cover:Students watering a sapling at a plantation drive organised by the departments of Forest and Prison in association with Siruthuli on the Coimbatore Central Prison campus on Wednesday.- Photo: M. Periasamy

As part of the drive to plant 65 lakh saplings across the State to mark the Chief Minister’s birthday, District Collector M. Karunagaran and Mayor S.M. Velusamy kick started a drive to plant 1,200 saplings on the premises of the prison staff quarters.

Collector M. Karunagaran said that of the 65 lakh saplings planned to enhance green cover, 3 lakh saplings were planted last year in Coimbatore and 2.25 lakh saplings have been planned for the current year. In any scheme or project of the Government, public participation and contribution had always been extremely overwhelming.

Mr.Karunagaran said that a meeting is being organised on August 5 to clean the parks which are full of exotic weeds and to have saplings planted with the help of NGOs and institutions. District Forest Officer M. Senthilkumar, Siruthuli office-bearers Vanitha Mohan and C.R. Swaminathan and Prison Superintendent S. Rajendran took part.