MCC to Plant 10000 Saplings of Different Varieties Under The Plantation Drive ‘Hasire Usiru’: Know More

Mangalore city Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur said that Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will plant 10,000 saplings of different varieties under its jurisdiction in this rainy season. The plantation drive ‘Hasire Usiru’ will be launched on July 8 at Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall on the occasion of the birthday of Saalumarada Thimmakka.

The Mayor said that the corporation has deposited ₹7.65 lakh with the Forest Department for purchasing the saplings. Each of the 60 wards under the corporation will be distributed with at least 100 saplings. In addition, saplings will be planted on the premises of about 25 fenced overhead tanks from where drip irrigation to the planted saplings will be arranged. The saplings will be planted on the roadside and on the available vacant government land.