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Innovative effort to make Chennai greener
P. Oppili
STAR SAPLINGS: A child waters a sapling planted for her birth star at the Tiruveteeswarar temple, Triplicane on Tuesday. — Photo: K.V.Srinivasan
CHENNAI:
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Board (HR and CE) has now joined the efforts to make Chennai greener. On Tuesday, it launched a scheme for planting of saplings by individuals, according to their Tamil birth star, at Tiruveteeswarar temple in Triplicane.
People can select the species according to their birth star and it will be planted at the temple `Nandavanam'. They need to make a onetime payment of Rs 1,000, to be used for maintenance of the sapling for one year, said HR and CE authorities. The authorities said a total of 54 individuals had paid the money and planted the saplings on the inaugural day.
The Tamil monthly calendar has 27 stars and so a tree or shrub has been identified for each star.
Plans were also afoot to launch planting programme suitable to the Tamil zodiac signs of individuals followed by planets, said the Board officials. HR and CE Minister P.C. Ramasamy launched the programme. N. Bala Ganga, chairman, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, T. Pichandi, Commissioner, and P. Raja, Joint Commissioner, HR and CE Board participated.
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