GADAG: To mark World Environment Day on Sunday, the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (KSRDPR) University in Gadag district will, rather literally, lay the ground for a ‘fruit orchard’ on its premises. This is the first time that the varsity is working on nurturing a fruit orchard on its campus, and the initiative is part of several being undertaken by the administration to increase greencover as part of the ‘Onde Bhoomi’ project.
KSRDPR University vice-chancellor Prof Vishnukant Chatpalli said that the orchard would be cultivated on the five-acre plot of the varsity campus in Nagavi, which had been earmarked for that purpose. Among the fruits slated to be cultivated at the orchard are mango, apple, jackfruit, custard apple. “This is a first-of-its-kind initiative being undertaken on the campus. Teachers and students will both be equally responsible for maintaining the orchard,” Prof Chatpalli told STOI.
