Forest department to plant 1.15 crore seedlings in Karnataka including 1.22 lakh in Mysuru division
In Mysuru range, they are planting 1,980 seedlings at ITC Factory to Lingadevaru Koppalu Junction and 11,000 seedlings at Mavanahalli, Chillanahalli Block 1.
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