The Hindu 27.08.2009
Massive plantation drive by GMC
GUNTUR: Guntur Municipal Corporation on Wednesday began a massive tree plantation programme under the Urban Forestry Project. Municipal Commissioner K. Ilambarthi planted the first of a series of plants numbering about 2,500, at K.V.P Colony.
The saplings, most of them which could be used as avenue plantations, have been brought from nurseries at Kadiyam in East Godavari district. Some of the plants like, Elistrenia, Putranji, Spythodia, Pogada, Legistonia, Mahaghani, Kadambam, Banyan etc.
The Commissioner said that each of the plantations could take about two years to grow and assured that the GMC would take responsibility of protecting the plants. Apart from planting the trees in vacant sites belonging to GMC, plantations would be taken on road dividers. One of the first initiatives of Mr. Ilambarthi after he had taken charge as Municipal Commissioner was to visit Kadiyam and order the plants. Deputy Commissioner K. Lakshminarayana and other corporation officials were present.
