The drive up the Karighatta Hill located on the banks of the Cauvery at Srirangapatna can be energy sapping during summer, given the searing heat in the region.
But Ramesh of Naguvanahalli Chandagalu village is unfazed as he balances two 20-litre cans of water on his shoulders and treks up the hill watering the plants along the way. This is his mission to green the hill and grow more trees in the arid region.
A task he has taken upon himself since 2012, Mr. Ramesh, who lives in Srirangapatna and, ironically, distributes mineral water to earn a living, spends a portion of his earnings on tree plantation and ensures adequate water to keep the saplings alive. He has been doing this since the summer of 2012, when a man-made fire devastated large tracts of vegetation at Karighatta.
