Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) , Feb 7 : With an aim to reduce air pollution and increase the green cover, Udhampur-based government school in Jammu and Kashmir has organised a plantation drive. The students along with their teachers enthusiastically planted more than 200 trees on a barren land situated near the school premises. Speaking to ANI, a school teacher named …
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Hyderabad: Trees chopped in Jubilee Hills
Jubilee Hills: As many as 50 trees on the stretch at Apollo Hospital at Jubilee Hills were chopped down by the workers of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDSCL) on Saturday, much to the displeasure of citizens and activists. Citizens allege that when they asked the workers, they said they were acting as per their official’s orders to …
Ganga task force using seed balls to raise forest cover
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Forest Deptt organizes mega plantation drive at Sainik School Manasbal
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Hundreds of trees gutted as massive fire engulfs forest in Maharashtra’s Thane
Hundreds of trees were destroyed in a massive fire which engulfed a forested area in Malanggad of Maharashtra’s Thane district on Thursday evening, officials said on Friday. The patch on the Malanggad Hill in Kumbharli village under Ambernath taluka, around 50 kilometres from Mumbai, caught fire at around 6.00pm and the blaze engulfed a major area. “The fire was reported …