Aurangabad, Feb 7: Former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Council and BJP senior leader Pasha Patel has said that in a bid to promote environmental conservation, 30,000 bamboo trees will be planted along the banks of Kham river in Aurangabad. Addressing a press conference here at Subedari guest house on Monday Mr Patel said that he has visited the site of Kham river along with district Collector Sunil Chavan and civic body commissioner and administrative officer Astik Kumar Pandey.
Speaking further Mr Patel said that Minister of State(MoS), Ministery of Finance Dr.Bhagwat Karad initiated and suggested to spend CSR funds in Aurangabad. “Today I called on the top officials of the city and we all met and discussed about Bamboo plantation. In our discussion we have decided to plant 30,000 bamboo trees along river kham and water will be provided to them by drip irrigation method,” he said.
In next phase, we are planning to identify eight spots in the city to do such plantation followed by twenty other in third phase, he further said. “During the July month we have planned to undertake bamboo plantation in 200 villages in eight districts of Marathwada along river Godavari and Manjara,” he added.
“While explaining the importance of plantation of Bamboo Mr Patel said generating electricity by using coal as their fuel releases 5.90 lakh metric tons of carbon each day. To absorb this large amount the green cover should go up and Bamboo plantation can be done for it as it is helpful to farmers also as well as balance of environment,” he added. It may be noted that, the phase one of Kham river project was inaugurated by Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray last month which consisted an open amphitheater, walking track, Play Park and riverside pitching.
