Vanmahostav beings in Hyderabad city limits

Hyderabad: With an aim to plant 30 lakhs sampling in the Greater Hyderabad municipal corporation (GHMC) limits, state government started Vanmahotsav program on Monday. Hyderabad Incharge Minister Ponnam Prabhakar along with GHMC Mayor Vijayalakshmi, launched the Vanmahotsav program in Ramanthapur.

Going further into details, As part of this initiative, the government aims to plant a total of 3 million trees in the city. GHMC has prepared more than the required number of saplings to meet this target.The program will not only provide free saplings to those in need but will also deliver them door-to-door. The trees planted in previous years have earned the city the prestigious ‘Tree City Award’ of the United Nations Food and Agriculture organization(UNFAO), an international award. The United Nations, ‘Tree City of the World’ programme provides direction, assistance, and worldwide recognition for communities’ dedication to its urban forest, and provides a framework for a healthy, sustainable urban forestry.

According to the Forest Survey of India, Hyderabad’s forest cover has increased by 147% over the past decade, growing from 33.15 square kilometers to 81.81 square kilometers in 2021.

Further inspired by this success of earlier program Harithaharam started by the BRS regime, GHMC has planned to plant trees in parks, along medians, and on both sides of the roads throughout the city. The Van Mahotsav program will officially began on July 8 throughout the state.The public representatives will plant 7,135 trees at 56 locations across the city as part of Vanmahotsav, said GHMC official statement.

Minister for BC Welfare and Transport Ponnam Prabhakar, Mayor Vijayalakshmi, Deputy Mayor Srilatha Shoban Reddy, Commissioner Amrapali, and Uppal MLA B. Lakshma Reddy jointly planted saplings at Government Polytechnic College in Ramanthapur and launched the program.