Ahmedabad, July 12 (IANS) Western Railway’s Ahmedabad Division on Sunday launched a large-scale tree plantation programme across 10 railway locations in Gujarat, setting a target of planting more than eight lakh saplings as part of the Gujarat government’s statewide ‘Mega Tree Plantation’ campaign.More than two lakh saplings have already been planted in the first phase on railway land at Sanand under the ‘Van Kavach Yojana’.According to Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Ved Prakash, the plantatio…
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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Tuesday inaugurate the Delhi government’s ambitious drive to plant 70 lakh trees – a campaign that will be supported by the NDMC by organising a “Mega Tree Plantation Drive” at 34 locations.Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal said that under this special campaign, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has set a target of planting around 600 trees and 50,000 shrubs. More than 50,000 planting pits have already been prepared.He sai…
Ahmedabad, June 6 (IANS) Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) has planted more than 1.6 million trees and saplings across 568 hectares at the Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) mine in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, transforming the area into a green landscape.Once an active mining site, the area has now been transformed into a lush green landscape. Under the ecological restoration, 40 trees are planted for every tree removed for mining activities.Native species including Sal, Mahua, Tendu, Amaltas and …