A desk calendar of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) made of recycled paper and embedded with seeds was released on Wednesday.
The calendar was released by Kochi Mayor Soumini Jain. She also planted the first page of the calendar.
K.M. Hamsakunju, Kochi corporation councillor and former Mayor, received the calendar from the Mayor.
The desk calendar is made of recycled and recyclable materials and embedded with seeds of wild flowers, herbs and vegetables. When planted, the seeds in the page would germinate, said a communication from KMRL. The seeds of vegetables and flowers, including sunflower, tomato and red amaranthus, have been embedded in the sheets, each of which are to be planted at the end of the month. After one year, the calendar will give way to 12 different kinds of plants. “The seed paper calendar is one of the environment-friendly initiatives of KMRL,” said a communication issued by Elias George, MD, KMRL.
