‘Bharat Vann’ project launched to boost Mysuru’s green cover

MYSURU In a major urban greening initiative, two lakh native saplings will be planted across Mysuru under the ‘Bharat Vann’ project, launched by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Mysuru on November 13. The initiative, supported by the State Bank of India (SBI) and SBI Foundation under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, aims to expand the city’s green cover and improve its urban environment. Ms. Sitharaman inaugurated the project by planting a sapling at K.C.

Layout Park. The initiative is being implemented under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, in collaboration with Catch Foundation and Enviro Creators Foundation. Of the two lakh saplings proposed to be planted across the city, 45,000 native saplings will come up on 4.5 acres at K.C.

Layout Park. Catch Foundation will undertake plantation of 40,000 saplings across four acres, while Enviro Creators Foundation will plant 5,000 saplings on the remaining half-acre.