Volunteers plant over 1,000 saplings near Vellalore tank

Coimbatore | Monday | 18th June, 2018

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Children taking the lead in planting saplings near Vellalore tank as part of the sapling planting drive initiated by the Kovai Kulangal Pathugapu Amaipu on Sunday. This was to make the land ready for nurturing the saplings, Mr.

Manikandan said. Asked why the organisation chose the Vellalore tank, Mr.

Manikandan said it was one of the oldest tanks in the region, but had remained dry for several years. | Photo Credit: S_SIVA SARAVANANmore-inEachanari resident N.

Ganesh along with a few of his friends was in Vellalore on Sunday morning to participate in the sapling planting drive organised by the Kovai Kulangal Pathugapu Amaipu (KKPA) near the Vellalore tank. The KKPA volunteers had planned it a month ago in such a way that they had dug a number of pits on a 15- feet-wide and 350-feet-long stretch of land near the tank..