Mumbai:
One crore seeds of various trees will be planted during a three-day
drive along a 350 km stretch of National Highway No.3 (Agra-Mumbai)
between Maharashtra's Thane and Dhule districts, an NGO said Sunday, reports Times of India
Thane-based Hariyali's "Maha Beejaropan Abhiyan" is intended at increasing the green cover in the rural parts of the state, the NGO's chief Punam Sangavi said Sunday.
Starting
June 25 from Thane, the drive will go through Shahapur, Kasara,
Igatpuri, Nashik, Chandwad, and Malegaon to end in Dhule, he said,
adding it would witness the participation of around 10,000 people
including local students.
Singavi
also mentioned how the NGO has involved the Varkaris (devotees who
walk to the holy town of Pandharpur to worship Vithoba, a form of Lord
Krishna) in the seed planting drive since a few years.
"We
spoke to the head of the Varkari community and told them it would
really help even if one devotee plants 10 seeds every day. They agreed
and we have been providing them with the seeds since then," he said.
Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre-JKMPIC
e-mail: cikashmir@gmail.com
Ph: 09858986794
Contact person: Sheikh GULZAAR
