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Kiran Bedi visits Velrampet Lake
According to a Raj Nivas statement, they planted over 200 saplings along the bank to strengthen and saw sprouts of last year's saplings, which meant that the efforts made by the forest department officials and the area community was sprouting.
Puducherry
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi along with team Raj Nivas and scores of volunteers visited Velrampet Lake on Sunday morning and planted Palm saplings on it's banks to strengthen the banks under the mission "Green Puducherry".
According to a Raj Nivas statement, they planted over 200 saplings along the bank to strengthen and saw sprouts of last year's saplings, which meant that the efforts made by the forest department officials and the area community was sprouting.
To give momentum to the mission "Green Puducherry",gratitude letters called "Pasumai Puducherry" would be issued to individuals and groups who plant ten thousand saplings and seeds during this year.
To invigorate the initiative and provide right impetus and direction to interested volunteers and individuals, a group under retired Indian Forest Service Officer P Devaraj has been constituted .
This group along with Team Rajnivas will certify for this identification, the statement said adding that the area MLA, municipal commissioners and local community shall be co-opted for the identification process on ground.
The first "Pasumai Puducherry" gratitude letter will be given in the next Rajnivas Open house. A Whats app group with volunteers and activists is being formed for the "Green Puducherry" mission.
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