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Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) led a tree-planting thrust successful Auroville and laid the instauration chromatic for the PLAZA (Public Life Artisan Zone Auroville).
Mr. Arlekar was accompanied by Jayanti S. Ravi, Secretary of the Auroville Foundation; G. Seetharaman, Officer connected Special Duty, Auroville Foundation; and D. Manikandan, Secretary to the Lt. Governor of Puducherry.
According to the property statement, arsenic portion of the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” (A Tree successful the Name of Mother) campaign, the dignitaries each planted a histrion astatine the entranceway of the Auroville Visitor Centre, honouring their ain mothers alongside Mother Nature and The Mother (Mirra Alfassa), the laminitis of Auroville.
Reinforcing the township’s committedness to its “Galaxy Plan” — which features an unprecedented 212 quadrate metres of unfastened greenish abstraction per nonmigratory — it was formally announced that Auroville plans to works much than 10,000 trees successful the adjacent aboriginal to further enrich its dense, sustainable municipality forest.
Strategically located connected the Outer Ring Road, The P.L.A.Z.A. is poised to go a vibrant hub for artisans, economical resilience, and assemblage life. This caller improvement represents a important measurement guardant successful establishing a self-sustaining township, providing a dedicated abstraction wherever non-polluting industries, originative arts, and nationalist beingness tin seamlessly intersect.
