Rajnath plants Rudraksh sapling at his residence

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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh planted a sapling of Rudraksh tree at his residence here on August 5, 2017, under the Tree Plantation campaign of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) during ongoing monsoon season.

Rajnath appreciated the green initiative of NDMC and stressed on the need for making more efforts towards lessening the pollution level and maintaining ecological balance in the Capital city. He also praised NDMC for its success in the Tree Plantation drive last year, according to a PIB release.

Chairman, NDMC, Naresh Kumar, informed that in the last four weeks the NDMC has planted more than 7 lakh saplings against the fixed target of 10 lakh saplings during the current monsoon season. He said that NDMC has planted 86,000 saplings of trees in the diplomatic area of New Delhi on August 5. The 6,000 members of NDMC team executed this work, he added, according to the PIB release.