A Gift To Yourself

                         Afforestation - a powerful tool

By Ameya Deshpande

In the year 2010,many trees were being cut on the hill beside Pune-Mumbai Highway.The cutting down of trees was carried for making a road on it.Daily people who used to climb up the hill were very disappointed by this work.It destroyed the habitats for many plants and birds living on it.

But in 2012,a number of senior citizens took an initiative of growing the greenery back on the hill.

They formed a group which is now being popularly known Vasundara Group.The group,with the 

help of government nurseries started planting trees.Government helped them in providing water to the plants and trees along the road which was recently created.Every morning, a number of people 

go there for watering the plants.Seeing the active enrollment of the citizens, the government constructed about 10-15 tanks on the hill which gets water directly from Municipal Corporation.All these efforts have resulted in bringing back the greenery of the hill and inspired many people to grow more and more trees.

"Everyone living on the  planet Earth should take part in preserving the nature and growing more

and more trees."