Minister’s directive on KCR birthday saplings

Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Errabelli Dayakar Rao has asked the people’s representatives, particularly the representatives of rural local bodies (RLBs), and officials who have planted one-crore saplings on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s birthday on February 17 to protect them till reached a safe stage to grow on their own. In a review meeting held here on Saturday with Secretary (PR&RD) Sandeep Kumar Sultania and Commissioner Rural Development and Commissioner Panchayat Raj M. Raghunandan Rao, the Minister asked the sarpanches, upa-sarpanches, MPTC and ZPTC members, Mandal Parishad presidents and Zilla Parishad chairpersons to take the responsibility of protecting the saplings planted as part of the ‘Green Challenge’ (one-crore planatation) on the CM’s birthday along with those planted as part of Harita Haaram.