TO MAKE IT GREEN: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy planting a sapling at Eddumylaram on Thursday. Tourism Minister of Tourism J. Geeta Reddy is also seen.

Sangareddy: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy assured the employees of the ordnance factory at Eddumylaram on Thursday that he would speak to the Minister for Defence Pranab Mukherjee and convince him for increased number of orders.

Addressing employees of the ODF and thousands of school children at the `one-day two lakh plantation' programme organised by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Chief Minister said that the ordnance factory reminds everyone of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as it was established when she represented Medak parliamentary constituency.

Earlier, Sangareddy legislator T. Jayaprakash Reddy urged the Chief Minister to rekindle the old glory of the factory by increasing the number of orders as other factories in the country have been accorded more prominence than the Medak ODF.

The Chief Minister who arrived at the Eddumylaram village by helicopter visited the ODF exhibition and planted saplings to launch the programme of planting two lakh saplings in just one day.

More than five thousand school children from different parts of Sangareddy constituency and Sankarpalli of neighbouring Ranga Reddy district participated.

Dr. Reddy who lauded the efforts of HUDA and the children from the Green Corps, National Cadet Corps and National Service Scheme said that increased green cover would improve rainfall.

The Chief Minister said the Government has taken up tree plantation in accordance with its long-term aim of achieving Harithandra.

Medak district in the recent past suffered a lot due to lack of rainfall.

Expressing concern over pollution in Patancheru and Ramachandrapuram areas, he called upon the people of the region to come forward and report incidents of callous release of pollutants into the air and water bodies.

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