One crore saplings’ plantation held to mark KCR’s birthday

Hyderabad, Feb 17 : Plantation of one crore saplings was taken up on Wednesday to mark the 67th birthday of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Ministers, MPs, state legislators and leaders of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) planted the saplings as part of the programme held across the state.
TRS sympathizers also took up plantation in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and even abroad on a call given by Rajya Sabha member J. Santosh Kumar as part of his Green India Challenge.
Under ‘Koti Vriksharchana’ programme, the Chief Minister planted ‘Rudraksha’ sapling at his farm house at Erravelli. He congratulated Santosh Kumar, who was also present on the occasion.
Plantation was also taken up Budha Vanam project in Nagarjunasagar, the symbol of Buddhist heritage, where Rao had planted a sapling on May 4, 2015. The Budha Vanam project would be open for the national and international tourists very soon.
In the programme held on Wednesday as part of KCR’s celebrations, 260 people including 230 students of BC Residential School planted 2,000 saplings.