25 lakh saplings to be planted in Hyderabad tomorrow

Telangana government would launch an ambitious program to plant 25 lakh saplings in a single day in Hyderabad tomorrow, as part of a state-wide 'Haritha Haram' tree plantation programme. While the municipal corporation and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority are playing a lead role in its implementation, over 100 state government and central government organisations, NGOs, IT firms and educational institutions are supporting it. State Industries Minister K T Rama Rao, whose brainchild the programme is, will launch it by planting a sapling at the Bio-Diversity Park at Gachibowli, an official release said. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday launched the two-week-long Haritha Haram programme in Nalgonda district. It aims at planting 46 crore saplings across Telangana this monsoon. Officials of the IT Department, members of Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association, Society for Cyberabad Security Council, IT professionals, students and personalities from the film industry will also participate in tomorrow's event. After the inauguration, CEOs of prominent IT companies will also plant saplings at the same venue. A total of 65 IT companies are participating in `Green Hyderabad' event and will plant over 1,00,000 saplings at various locations in the city. Saplings would be planted at over 4,000 locations in and around Hyderabad where pits have already been dug.