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RALLYING CALL: Members of the Rotary Club of Madras Mylapore organized a rally to save the Pallikkaranai Marsh on the occasion of World Earth Day in Chennai on Friday. — Photo: M. Karunakaran
CHENNAI: The postal staff quarters in the Mylapore Head Post Office complex will wear a greener look with more saplings added on Friday. The planting of five saplings by Sarojini Varadappan, president of the Indian Red Cross Society, marked the Earth Day celebrations of the Department of Posts in the city. The drive was taken up by the department to create awareness about environment conservation as per the directive of Universal Postal Union.
Special cover
About 2,000 saplings have been planted across the State, including about 300 in the city, on all postal-owned premises and staff quarters. A special cover released on Friday will be on sale from Saturday. Vatsala Raghu, Chief Postmaster-General, Tamil Nadu Circle, underlined the importance of such a drive to educate people about the ecological damage caused by felling of trees. She asked the staff to develop the space as a garden or a playground.
Tree felling
Reiterating the advantages of trees, which are useful in numerous ways to the mankind, Ms. Sarojini Varadappan said that felling of trees in hill stations, including Udhagamandalam and Kodaikanal, had a telling effect on the climatic condition and water availability. Suggesting that every house must have a small garden, she said such measures must be observed throughout the year for environment protection. T. Panneerselvam, Postmaster-General, Chennai City Region, noted that Cherrapunji, once known as the highest rainfall area in India, now had people walking two km to fetch water. The situation was improving after the Supreme Court's directive to stop felling of trees. This Earth Day would serve as an occasion to contemplate on measures to conserve environment. K. Rangan, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Chennai City Central Division, also participated. At the southern fringes of the city, members of the Rotary Club of Madras Mylapore, along with residents of Mylai Balaji Nagar, Pallikaranai, took out a rally, demanding protection of the Pallikaranai Marsh. They said the burning of garbage in the Alandur Municipality dumping yard created health hazards for the residents of Mylai Balaji Nagar. A site had been identified near Vandalur for dumping the garbage. But, the dump had not been shifted so far, the residents said. Exnora members said that since last October, residents of Mylai Balaji Nagar were trained on garbage segregation and they were recycling their waste. As part of the programme, Pollution Control Board personnel performed a skit.
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