15 lakh saplings to be planted in Bengaluru to mark Kempe Gowda Jayanti

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Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi planting and watering a sapling connected  the Kempegowda International Airport premises successful  Bengaluru connected  June 5 to people    World Environment Day. Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and erstwhile  Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are seen.

Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi planting and watering a sapling connected the Kempegowda International Airport premises successful Bengaluru connected June 5 to people World Environment Day. Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and erstwhile Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are seen. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has announced that a programme to works 15 lakh saplings would beryllium launched successful the metropolis connected June 27 to people the commencement day of Bengaluru laminitis Kempe Gowda.

Speaking to mediapersons aft planting a sapling connected the premises of the Vidhana Soudha connected June 5 to people World Environment Day, Mr. Shivakumar said the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) would instrumentality the programme.

Highlighting the value of expanding the greenish cover, helium said each 1 should effort to works astatine slightest 1 sapling a year.

He said Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who was successful Bengaluru connected Friday (June 5), excessively had planted a sapling connected the Kempe Gowda International Airport premises.

Published - June 05, 2026 11:21 p.m. IST

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