Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who attended Van Mahotsav along with Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena, said that over one crore saplings will be planted across Delhi this year.
Hyderabad city received the unique recognition as a Tree City on the international platform with the success of Haritha Haram project, said the Chief Minister
The special drive will focus on improving sanitation, prevention of seasonal diseases and also increasing green cover in both urban and rural local bodies.
State govt has been implementing ‘Telangana Ku Haritha Haram’ every year with the objective of reviving forests and increase green cover to 33 per cent in the State
The nursery, which has as many as 80 species and is maintained by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), is located inside Government Mental Health Centre in Erragadda.
CM said the measures to increase cleanliness and green cover as well as to improve basic infrastructure, was yielding good results in all ULBs under the programme
Hetero Chairman Partha Saradhi Reddy handed over a cheque of Rs five crore to the State government in the presence of Forest Minister Indrakaran Reddy, MP Santosh Kumar and forest officials