HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will launch a massive plantation programme in Gajwel town on August 1 during which 1,00,116 saplings will be planted as part of Haritha Haaram programme.
The CM held a review meeting on Haritha Haaram at Pragathi Bhavan on Wednesday. During the review, Rao instructed the officials to plant 20,000 more saplings in forest land on the same day. Peoples’ representatives, officials, police, students, women, youth, businessmen and common people will take part in the plantation programme to plant 1,00,116 saplings. The saplings were to be kept ready well in advance and pits were to be dug beforehand.
“Saplings will be planted on either side of roads and on the premises of houses, public and private institutions simultaneously on the same day. The plantation launching programme should be taken up on a large scale with people’s participation and the massive campaign should be taken up to make it a grand success,” the CM instructed the officials.
Ministers Jogu Ramanna, Jagadish Reddy, A Indrakaran Reddy, chief secretary SK Joshi, PCCF PK Jha, Additional CCF Dobriyal, Siddipet collector Venkatram Reddy, police commissioner Joel Davis, municipal chairman Bhaskar, corporation chairmen Bhupathi Reddy, Bhuma Reddy, CM special secretary Bhupal Reddy and OSD Priyanka Verghese were present at the review. On August 1, at the beginning of the plantation programme, sirens in all the masjids in Gajwel town will go off simultaneously. On hearing the sound of the siren, everyone should start planting saplings wherever they are.
“People should be educated adequately about this programme through the public address system, wall writings, hoardings, paints etc., For students, elocution and debates will be conducted. Those who show interest in plantation and take care of their survival will be adequately rewarded” said the chief minister.
Why Haritha Haaram?
“India is lagging behind in the ratio of human beings and plants. The ratio of this in Canada high. In Canada, on an average, there are 8,953 trees for every person. In Russia it is 4,465 trees per person, in USA 716 trees per person, in China 102 trees per person and whereas in India it is just 28 trees per person. This is leading to ecological imbalances and an increase in temperatures. This is the reason why we have taken up Telanganaku Haritha Haram programme in a mission mode. We are aiming at 33 per cent of greenery,” said CM K Chandrasekhar Rao.