New Delhi, July 27
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday led a plantation drive in the national capital as part of the ‘Ek ped maa ke naam’ campaign aimed at increasing the green cover and enriching the ecology, Raj Niwas officials said.
The V-P planted a sapling in the honour of his mother Kesari Devi at Asita – an ecological park developed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on the eastern floodplains of Yamuna opposite ITO in New Delhi. He planted a sapling of Tabebuia Rosea (commonly known as rosy trumpet tree), a flowering tree species, along the greenway of Asita. Dr Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of the Vice President also planted a sapling.
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