On World Environment Day, communities around north Bangalore focussed on their immediate environment - be it planting saplings, cleaning up water bodies or clearing up plastic waste.
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| Saplings planted at CQAE Campus on World Environment Day |
In Allalasandra lake area, the Yelahanka United Environment Association (YUVA) held a programme which saw participation from around 1,000 local residents.
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| Yuva Members planting sapling in media at Allalasandra, Bangalore |
YUVA joint secretary, Jagadeesh Giri, said the group planted saplings at Allalasandra lake area which was attended among others by MLC Narayanaswamy, BBMP Yelahanka zone Joint Commissioner Sarfaraz Khan, Ward no. 4 Corporator Satish, YUVA members, local citizens, students of Seshadripuram College, Poorna Prajna School, MES and Government PU college.
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| Music played at Allalasandra lake on World Environment Day |
Students from Seshadripuram College took out an awareness rally in Yelahanka New Town on waste segregation, plastic ban and water conservation. A band also entertained the public.
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| Cleaning of Jakkur Lake by Jala Poshan on World Environment Day |
In Jakkur, Jala Poshan cleaned up the Jakkur lake of filth and cleared up plastics and garbage. Annapurna Kamath from Jala Poshan said members planted 200 saplings as part of a CSR initiative undertaken by Hebron. Jala Poshan is reviving the once beautiful Jakkur lake with a number of initiatives.
At the picturesque CQAE (WE) campus in Yeshwanthpur on the Outer Ring Road, 1,500 saplings were planted to create an eco-system within the defence campus jointly by Bangalore-based Infotech startup MoveInSync, Rotary Club Nagarbhavi and Project Vruksha along with CQAE.
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| MoveInSync planting sapling on World Environment Day |
MoveInSync provides efficient transport solutions for Fortune 500 companies and MNCs by using technology developed by it. The company CEO, Deepesh Agarwal, launched a green Bangalore campaign on crowdfunding platform www.fueladream.com through which the company plans to plant 3,000 saplings to combat global warming in the once garden city.
Company employees and Rotary members volunteered to plant a variety of 15 species.
Vijay Nishanth, an urban conservationist from Project Vruksha, said an earlier batch of 200 saplings planted at the CQAE (WE) campus had an over 90 per cent survival rate. ``Just planting saplings is not enough. Their growth and survival too is very important,'' he said adding there was very little space to plant saplings within Bangalore city.
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