Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams vows to take up massive afforestation drive
:
(TTD) has vowed to embark on a massive afforestation drive on the occasion of the
on Thursday.
TTD additional EO Ch Venkaiah Choudary took part in the environment day celebrations organised by the forest department at Tirumala earlier in the day.
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He planted Ficus Bengalensis (Banyan-Marri) plant near the Octopus elite commando forces building at Tirumala.
Speaking to reporters later, Ch Venkaiah Choudary stated that the TTD will soon embark on a mission to plant 2 lakh saplings across the Seshachalam forests which houses the iconic Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple at Tirumala.
"The idea is to enhance the forest cover from 70% to 80% near Tirumala. TTD will join hands with the state forest department and initiate this mega afforestation drive.
Earlier, during his reviews on TTD activities, chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu had also directed the Tirupati trust to draw up plans to enhance the forest cover in a big way," the additional EO recalled.
"Beat plastic is this year's environment day's theme and the TTD is playing a significant role in banning the use of plastic in a big way. TTD is the first temple trust in the world to ban the use of packaged drinking water in plastic bottles at Tirumala, where the annual pilgrim footfall is over 2.5 crore. TTD has also stopped using materials made of plastic across all its departments at Tirumala as well," he added.
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