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BMP distributes 10,000 herbs

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: It was a day when the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) went back to Nature.

On Saturday, "go green" was the message that the civic body gave all the citizens.

It celebrated the World Ozone Day and Vanamahotsava. A Bio-Diversity Committee was also formed on this day at the Jogupalya Girls High School in Ward No 75.

Spreading the message

It was appropriately marked by the planting of saplings by Kannada Development Authority Chairman Siddalingaiah and Mayor Mumtaz Begum. That was not all — BMP Commissioner, K. Jairaj released sparrows to spread the message of conservation of flora and fauna.

Nearly 10,000 medicinal plants were distributed. The BMP also plans to plant one lakh seedlings in Bangalore during the rainy season.

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