Peddapalli legislator Dasari Manohar Reddy has bagged the state-level Telangana Haritha Mitra award for his crusade for the plantation of fruit-bearing saplings and protection of environment from pollution in his Assembly segment in Karimnagar district.
Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender presented the award at the Independence Day celebrations in Karimnagar on Monday. The Haritha Mitra award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, citation and a memento. He had taken up plantation of 2.5 lakh fruit bearing plants with his money and set a target of 10 lakh fruit bearing plants in his segment. Similarly, Kalwa Srirampur Mandal Parishad president G Saraiah Goud also bagged district level Harith Mitra award.
