The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) will plant 25,000 saplings this year as part of its Green Mysuru campaign to increase the green cover and tree density of the city.
This is continuation of ‘’Laksha Vruksha andolana’’ which entailed planting 1 lakh saplings over 4 years. The MUDA Chairman H.V.Rajeev said here on Saturday that last year about 25,000 saplings were distributed and planted and there were plans to make afforestation programmes a people’s movement. The pandemic put a break on it but this year MUDA was involving NGOs and citizens keen to take up planting saplings and also nurture them till the saplings mature into trees. The planting campaign this year will be inaugurated by Veerendra Heggade of Dharmasthala on the KSOU campus on July 13 Wednesday.
The MUDA Chairman said the focus is on developing urban jungles and take up high density plantation in open areas so as to create a forest ecosystem within the city. Within MUDA jurisdiction open spaces, excluding playgrounds, have been identified and saplings will be planted. About 125 parks have been identified for development as urban jungles, he said. The MUDA has also allotted ₹1 crore in its budget for planting the saplings and taking up afforestation.
