Mayor Bonthu Rammohan appeal's people for plant sapling

Mayor Bonthu Rammohan appealed that every individual must plant two saplings, besides taking care of the survival of the saplings.

Addressing at a mass plantation programme at Uppal Bhagayath here on Monday, the Mayor said Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was planting four lakh saplings in open area, which are equipped with compound walls.He said the municipal corporation was giving priority to the survival of the saplings. Among the saplings planted last year as part of Haritha Haram, nearly 90 per cent of them survived, he



said.

GHMC in association with Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and Forest Department has set a target to plant one crore saplings, he informed.The mass plantation programme was organised in connection with Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao’s birthday.

Forest Minister Jogu Ramana urged people to participate in large numbers in the Haritha Haram programme. Apart from improving green cover, planting saplings will also help in enhancing quality of life, he said.