Increase green cover: ‘Vanajeevi’ Ramaiah
The Hindu
Offers to transfer his red sanders trees to Forest dept.
Padmashri awardee Ramaiah, who is also known as Vanajeevi, met Rajya Sabha member and Green India Challenge creator J. Santosh Kumar at Pragathi Bhavan on Wednesday and offered to transfer the red sanders trees that he had groomed to the Forest department, as part of Haritha Nidhi.
Mr. Ramaiah, who had been planting trees for the last several decades, discussed ‘Telangana Ku Haritha Haram’, ‘Green India Challenge’ and Telangana government’s ‘Haritha Nidhi’ programme.
The Ramaiah couple desired that the Green India Challenge programme taken up to protect enviroment all over the country should be a great success and nature should bless the programme. Mr. Santosh Kumar sought the couple’s blessings by touching their feet in reverence while appreciating their tremendous work for greenery.