The Hindu 24.10.2013
Sapling plainting drive in 400 schools
Special
Correspondent
About 8 lakh tree saplings are planned to be planted in
400 schools across the district under Project Greenhands of Isha
Foundation. The project, launched in the city on Monday, will be
implemented in association with the School Education Department and the
City Corporation.
Mayor A. Jaya inaugurated the drive
at the E.R. Higher Secondary School in the city in the presence of
Corporation Commissioner V.P. Thandapani, School Education Department
officials and representatives of Isha Foundation. A representative of
the Isha Foundation said that the saplings will be planted and nurtured
by students of the respective schools. The students trained in preparing
the ground, planting of saplings and nurturing them, he said.
