Green cover project launched

Green cover project launched
BENGALURU


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An impressive ini tiative — Project Green Karnataka — to plant one million saplings kick started on Saturday at the AIR super power transmitter campus in Doddaballapur.

Proposed and managed by Eco-Watch, a Bangalore based centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, the project is a drive to provide green cover and improve natural resource base and biodiversity.

“Conservation of natural resources to the next generation is the biggest task in front of us. At the end of life we should leave behind something worth that will bring us respect, said Sudhakar Rao, chief secretary government of Karnataka.

He was speaking at the inauguration of the project.

Meanwhile Dilip Kumar, principal chief conservator of forest, said trees are precious ecological resources.

Unfortunately over the last 15 years we have been concentrating on commercial forest, he added. But today’s requirement is fruit, flower and nectar yielding natural trees. Each one should come up in this regard and allot place in their premises for local and natural trees, he added.

Jija Harisingh, DGP, director of civil defenses who present on the occasion, promised to plant 50,000 plants all over the state with the help of civil service guards. Nisha Millet, ace swimmer, Anitha Nair, eminent writer, Rotarian Rajendra Rai, M.B.

Jayaram, chairman, national governing council, PRCI, R.Narasihma Swami, superintendent engineer AIR, Bengaluru, K.Vamsidhar Babu district governor, Lions international were present on the occasion.

The project will give a special attention in Bangalore and few districts of North Karnataka where already 600 acre of land is identified to increase lost greenery by about 13 per cent.

The Eco Watch in collaboration with other organizations plans to hold a series of awareness, education and sensitisation programmes at district and taluk levels to promote community based conservation of environment. While Forest Department will supply most saplings, additional saplings will be raised by Eco-Watch in its nurseries and through private nurseries.