Residents of Pride apartments, Bangalore planted saplings on the way to their apartment and within their compound. On January 9th, Pride Apartments Owners Association in collaboration with Trees for free, a non-profit that takes up tree planting initiatives, sponsored by Yahoo and the Rotary club of Koramangala planted 59 saplings on the way to their apartment and within their compound.Each plant is adopted by a child of the apartment complex.
Pride Apartments is situated at Bilekhalahalli, opposite to State Bank of Mysore, Bannerghatta road.Each plant is adopted by a child of the apartment complex.Honge, Jacaranda, Akash Malige and Pride of India are some of the saplings planted.
Janet Yegneswaran, the founder and president of Trees for free, says they have planted almost 17,000 trees all over Bangalore. Minu Mehra, joint secretary of Pride Apartments Owners Association, said “this will make them aware about the value of trees in our environment”. L Ramesh, a candidate for the upcoming BBMP council election was also present for the event. He said, “I request other apartments’ associations to follow the same for a greener environment”.
Reference:
bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1708-tree-planting-at-bilekhalahalli
