T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, Additional Chief Secretary, inaugurated the Indian Shot ( Canna indica ) plantation mother bed at the nursery of the Department of Horticulture here on Tuesday.
The Canna indica mother bed is being cultivated by the district administration under the Solid and Liquid Resource Management Programme of Swachh Udupi Mission. The Swachh Udupi Mission is aimed at making Udupi a “garbage-free district” by October 2, 2018.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vijay Bhaskar said that the Canna indica plantation was more suited to rural areas of the district in maintaining cleanliness.
This model taken up by Udupi district administration was a model for the State. “We will replicate this model in other rural areas of the State,” he said.
C. Srinivasan, Project Director, India Green Service, Vellore, said that Canna indica helped in the treatment of bathroom and kitchen waste in rural areas. .
Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said that over 500 saplings of Canna indica had been planted at the nursery here.
Dinakar Babu, president of the Zilla Panchayat, inaugurated the solid and liquid resources sales stalls of self-help groups (SHGs) on the occasion.
Shivananda Kapashi, CEO of the Zilla Panchayat, Srinivas Rao, Chief Planning Officer, Bhuvaneshwari, Deputy Director of Horticulture, were present.
