In a novel move, synchronised sounding of sirens from mosques in Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s home constituency Gajwel will mark the launching of Telangana Government’s flagship programme “Harithaharam” (tree plantation drive).
The Chief Minister will formally launch the programme on August 1. He reviewed the preparations and directed the administration to involve the people from all sections, including the elected representatives, officials, policemen, students, women, youth and businessmen.
As part of the annual programme, 1,000,16 saplings will be planted in the constituency on a single day. The Chief Minister directed that additional 20,000 saplings will be planted on the degraded forest lands. As soon as the sirens are sounded from all the mosques, the Chief Ministers and others will plant the saplings to bring uniformity. Each person will plant one sapling.
The saplings were being kept ready for avenue plantation along all the roads, open lands, in all the temples, mosques, churches and other religious places apart from educational institutions and the offices. Preference was being given to flower and fruit bearing trees. The Government has set the target of planting one billion trees under the annual programme during every monsoon. This is the fourth year of the programme aimed at making Telangana a green State.
The Chief Minister said to ensure the availability of the plants in such a large numbers Government was setting up nurseries in every village.
To ensure the survival of the plants, the Chief Minister directed the officials to make water tankers and tree guards available and also people taking interest in nurturing the trees should be rewarded.