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Thousands of students from 10 colleges participated successful a record-breaking inaugural of planting 5,000 saplings successful conscionable 1 hr and distributing 2,000 effect saplings connected a azygous time crossed the main roads of Ongole Municipal Corporation (OMC). This inaugural nether Swarna Andhra – Swachh Andhra (SASA) programme was aimed astatine enhancing greenery and nutrition successful the city.
On the occasion, District In-charge Minister and State Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy called upon everyone to beryllium a spouse successful protecting the environment. Students stood arsenic the main attraction of the programme by simultaneously planting immense fig of saplings nether the slogan ‘One Student – One Plant’.
Prakasam District Collector P. Raja Babu explained the value of the trees for ecological equilibrium and contamination prevention. He praised the relation of students successful gathering ‘Green Ongole’ for aboriginal generations. He called upon everyone to instrumentality work for protecting each sapling that planted during the mega plantation drive.
The saplings were planted on 8 large roads including Mangamur Road, Guntur Road, and Kothapatnam Road. MLA Damacharla Janardhana Rao, MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, Ongole Urban Development Authority (OUDA) Chairman Sheik Riyaz, Maritime Board Chairman Damacharla Satya, City Mayor Gangada Sujatha and others participated successful the programme.
