Hyderabad: As part of preparations for IV phase of Telangana Ku Haritha Haram, a crucial meeting was held in Aranya Bhavan today with the officials representing 40 Central government institutions and the Universities in Hyderabad attending.
The officers applauded the great initiative and efforts of Telangana government to scale up the greenery to heights under its prestigious program of ‘Telangana Ku Haritha Haram’. They assured their participation and commitment in the program by planting more number of plants this year focusing on protection and survival in a big way.
Ajay Mishra, Special Chief Secretary, EFS, said plants would be provided free of cost as per the choice of institutions besides providing technical assistance by the GHMC and HMDA. Priyanka Verghuse, OSD to Chief Minister, spoke about the scope of planting trees on the campuses of institutions and universities on large scale under Haritha Haram to restrict the pressure of pollution and thus can have pollution free air.
P.K. Jha, Principal Chief Conservation of Forests and HOFF, said the details of nurseries are posted in the GHMC website. R.M. Dobriyal, Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, SF, has shown the highlights and strategies of Haritha Haram program by power point presentation. The officials representing the Central government institutions and the universities applauded Forest department’s initiative of taking them along in the Haritha Haram program and assured participation to the full extent possible. The meeting concluded with vote of thanks by R.K. Dobriyal, Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, SF. (NSS)