More than 50 thousand students who have become 'green guardians'; Monitoring through the app
Digital monitoring of tree growth
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
Bengaluru: More than 50,000 students have taken it upon themselves to nurture plants on the roadsides of the city for three years. Information about the growth of plants named after them can also be recorded on the parents' mobile.
The BBMP Forest Department has set a target of planting one lakh saplings this year under the 'Green Bangalore' scheme. In this 90% saplings have been planted and more than half of the saplings have been taken up by the students as part of the 'HASIRU RAKSHAKA' project.
The names of the students are placed on the protective cover of the plants. Children are managing it. Children from private schools including BBMP, government schools have also taken up the responsibility of nurturing the plants. BBMP has also prepared an app called 'Hasiru Rakshak' to enable them to record its information.
"Students can download 'HASIRU RAKSHAKA' app on their parent's mobile and get the information, picture of the plant tagged to them and file complaints for its management issues. With this, the family members along with the children will also participate in the nutrition of the saplings," said Swamy, Deputy Conservator of Forests, BBMP Forest Department.
In Mahadevpur zone, the most number of children are under the 'Green Guardian' scheme. Bommanahalli zone has the largest number of schools involved in this scheme. On Environment Day, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. This project was started as suggested by Sivakumar. He said that the aim is to register more children as HASIRU RAKSHAKA' ('green guardians') in the next year.
Responsibility for family too: Swami
Efforts are being made to create awareness among the citizens of the city about the nutrition and protection of plants and trees. As the first step of this objective, students have been allowed to record the information of their named plants in the 'HASIRU RAKSHAKA' app. This process can be done on the parents' mobile, so that the family members can also see the growth of the plant," said Swamy, Deputy Conservator of Forests, BBMP Forest Department.
This detail will be uploaded on the website along with the app. In the coming days, the details of the plants and trees in the city will also be provided, as well as the information about those who are planting and nurturing them. Individuals and families are given the opportunity to become 'green guardians'. The information about planting and nurturing can be shared on the website and app, he said.
Tender again for tree census
A tender was invited for the enumeration of plants and trees under BBMP. However, the amount of financial transaction required for it is high and the business value of the organizations conducting the study is not that big. Many research institutes have brought this issue to our attention. Thus, the tender conditions have been relaxed and re-tender has been called, DCF Swamy informed.
- Target to plant 1 lakh saplings
- 90 thousand saplings have been planted so far
- Plantation Management by 51,719 students
- Tagging is complete for 41,600 saplings
- Agreement with 237 schools
How many saplings in which zone?
Zone; plant (Green Bangalore); Students (HASIRU RAKSHAKA)
West; 4,000; 3,054
East; 3,000; 3,000
South; 4,000; 1,598
RR Nagar 12,700; 5,550
Bommanahalli; 16,900; 9,300
Dasarahalli; 14,000; 8,047
Yalahanka; 18,600; 10,168
Mahadevpur; 16,800; 11,002
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