PMC to raise green cover with tree plantation drive

PUNE With the arrival of the monsoon, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has planned a tree plantation drive to increase green cover at hill tops and other public spaces in the city

PUNE With the arrival of the monsoon, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has planned a tree plantation drive to increase green cover at hill tops and other public spaces in the city.

With the arrival of the monsoon, the PMC has planned a tree plantation drive to increase green cover at hill tops and other public spaces in the city. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

The civic body is purchasing additional saplings worth ₹45 lakh, said officials.

Ashok Ghorpade, PMC garden department head said, “Every year, the PMC conducts this drive, and this year too the drive is planned to increase green cover at PMC-owned spaces. As the monsoons were delayed, the tree plantation got affected. We have saplings at various nurseries, but we will also purchase additional saplings.”

The civic body has also planned to conduct maintenance work of the newly opened Sa Du Shinde garden at Taljai.

“During Covid, most gardens were shut. Now, the PMC plans to carry out maintenance work. The PMC has approved ₹22.8 lakh for Sa Du Shinde garden,” added Ghorpade.