New Town group reaches half way through green drive

Time of India

3 days ago

Kolkata: A New Town-based nature lovers' forum, Ecologic, which has been planting over 1,000 trees across New Town every year for the last three years, achieved another milestone on Sunday after it planted the 500th tree for this year.
With this, the forum has now planted 3,830 trees across New Town, out of which around 80% of the trees are surviving. Members of the forum planted 44 saplings in different locations on Sunday morning. These locations include areas near the Newtown bus stand, Jal Vayu Tower, Hanuman Mandir close to Greenwood Park extension, at CB Block Park, and other places.
"We have planted 524 saplings so far this year. Our target is to plant 1,000 saplings for the fourth consecutive year," said Biswajit Majumdar, a resident of Eastern High complex in New Town, who was one of the founding members of the forum.
"Not only plantation, the focus is on taking care of the saplings so that they thrive. Some of the plants are guarded and identified by bamboo sticks, while many others are protected with iron mesh nets," Majumdar added.
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In many places, a water bottle with one-litre capacity is planted with a tiny hole at the bottom so that water oozes out slowly and keeps the soil moist for a long period. "We want a pollution-free environment with more greenery and getting rid of plastic," said Susmita De, a forum member.