Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited to plant 5 lakh saplings

Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited to plant 5 lakh saplings
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The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) is planning to plant 5 lakh saplings under Haritha Haram this year.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) is planning to plant 5 lakh saplings under Haritha Haram this year. It is taking up large scale plantation at various sites.

While avenue plants would be planted at metro stations, along the metro corridors, in depot areas/other open places, the horticulture shrubs would be planted at the central median below the metro viaduct. Forest species of different varieties would be planted in the forest blocks at Gollur (891 acres) and Turkayamjal (142 acres) allotted to HMRL.

A total of 5 lakh saplings like Spathodea, Mahagoni, Lagerstomia etc, besides Neem, Chinta and Ravi plants would be planted. On Thursday, senior officials planted saplings at Metro Rail Bhavan, Rasoolpura to kickstart the programme.

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