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The government of Tamil Nadu and NGO Vetry have launched a large scale tree plantation drive across the city of Tirupur. At least two lakh trees will be planted and volunteers will also take care of the plants for two years.

Ever wondered what would trees have to say if they could speak?

Purushottamlal Ramswaroop Gupta, a 40-year-old auto driver from Thane has started an initiative called 'The Sadbhavana Harabhara Bharat' in which he goes to Upvan lake, every morning to plant trees and water them.

During his lifetime, Rathore planted about eight crore saplings of over 160 species. He even formed the Himalayan Green Brigade, an organisation whose volunteers planted thousands of trees in Pithoragarh.

Across Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, a tree plantation initiative, called Maiti Andolan , has established itself as a workable solution for environmental protection as well as promoting the welfare of girls.

This 84-year-old man, a Padma Shri awardee, has transformed the lives of thousands of villagers in Jharkhand with his massive tree-planting and water conservation efforts.

A software engineer from Chhattisgarh came to Bengaluru 11 years ago. Concerned about the decreasing green cover in the city, he started planting trees on weekends in the year 2007. In the past eight years he has planted over 35,000 saplings and organized numerous plantation drives.

Marol police headquarters which had 96 acres of barren land now flaunts an orchard with 550 fruit bearing trees. Here is how the men in uniform became environment enthusiasts and made it possible in just a month.

The Green Highways (Plantation and Maintenance) Policy, for planting trees on national highways has been finalised. Under this policy, one percent of the cost of national highway development projects will be set aside to plant trees on 97,000 km of existing national highways and around 40,000 km of new roads that we will be added to the network over the next few years.