Narmada bachao Andolan leader and environmentalust Medha Patkar planted a sapling at Karthika Tirunal Government Girls Vocational Higher Secondary School, Manacud , to kick off the Statewide 'Ente Maram' tree planting campaign orgainised in connection with World Envrionment Day here on Tuesday. The programme jointly organized by the departments of forest and education is one of the most intensive afforesttaion programmes even taken up here. Minister Forest Benoy Voswom, Minister for Law M.Vijayakumar;Mayor C.Jayan Babu; Panniyan Ravindran MP, V.Surendran Pillai MLA; noted poet B.Sughathakumari; District Collector,N.Ayyappan and top officials if the Forest Department were present.
(The Hindu, 6th June 2007)
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
‘Ente Maram’ sprouts in the State
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