Harithaharam to get 1cr saplings

Civic body to give away saplings to everyone

With temperatures soaring to record highs, a spot of greenery wouldn’t come amiss. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will provide citizens plants and trees free of cost in May. They need to just visit the zonal or circle GHMC nursery.

The GHMC plans to distribute over one crore saplings in this pre-monsoon season in the Greater Hyderabad area. The corporation is finding it difficult to identify places to plant trees and to maintain the plants, so it has decided to give away plants to residents who will be interested in planting them and looking after them.

“Everyone must take equal responsibility to increase the green belt in the city. Wherever there is a need for translocation of trees/plants for reasons such as road widening, it should be done with proper care,” said GHMC Commissioner Dr B. Janardhan Reddy.

The commissioner has also appealed to the heads of all government departments and NGOs to join hands with the GHMC to achieve the target of plantation as part of Harithaharam programme.

He said the corporation was able to plant nearly 84 lakh saplings last year due to the cooperation of various departments and NGOs. This year too, he said that the GHMC hopes to make the programme a grand success. He said everyone should take responsibility to ensure their proper maintenance. One crore saplings were planned to be planted in 2017-18 GHMC nurseries has 13 lakh saplings. It planted 84.91 lakh saplings in FY17 against the target of 81 lakh

GREEN REVOLUTION

In GHMC, an area of 1.80 lakh sq mt greenery is developed as traffic islands and central median.