First Miyawaki Urban Forest in Mangalore: Know More About This

First Miyawaki Urban Forest in Mangalore: Know More About This

October 3: Urban Forest, the first step in setting up ‘Miyawaki’, was inaugurated near Zilla Panchayat office at Urwa Store on Wednesday, October 2 to mark the 15o th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandihi.

The step towards having the first of the 50 proposed Miyawaki urban forests with saplings being planted on a small piece of land near the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat office premises at Urvastore.
The proposed urban forest is the result of sustained efforts by Mangalore Ramakrishna Mission, the zilla panchayat and the Forest Department. This will come up on a five-cent triangular-shaped land at the entrance of the zilla panchayat premises. ZP CEO R. Selvamani obtained clearance from the concerned to raise the forest, the Mission procured 100 saplings of 40 different tree varieties. An equal number of saplings of other varieties of trees will be planted in the gap between the saplings already planted.