The World Environment Day on Monday, June 5, will see the Forest Department planting 3,600 saplings to shore up the city’s green cover.
But this is just one of the few initiatives and the authorities are mulling to plant tall saplings covering a stretch of 145 km within the city in due course.
The plan is to raise 43,500 tall saplings in the departmental nurseries and taken up for plantation. The Deputy Conservator of Forests K.N. Basavaraj, said that 300 saplings can be planted on a stretch of 1 km and covering 145 km will entail planting 43,500 saplings. The cost of the project is expected to be ₹48.50 lakh and will give a boost to the city’s green cover, he added.
