State govt. will plant 11.50 crore saplings, says Minister
Inaugurating a Vanamahotsava program at the auditorium of the district administrative building in Yadgir on Monday, he expressed concern over growing pollution.
The Minister said that reduction of forest areas by cutting down trees will adversely impact not only human beings but also wild animals.
'The State government will plant over three crore saplings during this year. Of them, four lakh saplings will be planted in Yadgir district alone. The Forest Department will protect the saplings after planting them,' he said.
The Minister advised creating awareness among children about planting trees and protecting them in order to increase green coverage.
'Using plastic-made bags should compulsorily be banned and people should be encouraged to use cloth-made bags for their routine work or to bring milk, fruits and vegetables,' he added.
MLA Channareddy Patil Tunnur, who presided over the programme, appealed to the general public to join hands with the State government which is spending crores of rupees to increase green coverage by planting more saplings every year.
Minister for Small Scale Industries Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, MLA Raja Venugopal Naik, Sharanagouda Kandkur, CMC Chairman Lalita Anpur, Deputy Commissioner Harshal Boyar, Superintendent of Police Pruthvik Shankar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kolar, Deputy Conservator of Forest Sumit Kumar Patil, Assistant Conservator of Forest Mohammad Asad and others were present.
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