"This was the first time a Prime Minister has ever visited this Church so it was a happy moment. He lit a candle and offered prayers. We also gave him a gift. He planted a sapling also", Archbishop, Rev Anil J Couto said.
About 10,000 children from schools, colleges and universities and common residents of the city participated in the plantation program. The LG and the Union Environment Minister, along with children planted 5,000 saplings, informed the DDA.
Rajya Sabha MP Joginipally Santosh Kumar released the Women's Day 'Green India Challenge' poster on Thursday and said, "Nature will flourish more if the same hands that raise children plants the saplings."
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alstom, as a part of its CSR initiative, in collaboration with United Way, initiated 'Rural Rising'- an integrated rural development program at Manjusar Gram Panchayat, located in Savli taluka of Vadodara district and Hathipura village
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], February 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): ART Fertility Clinics has launched a unique initiative called the "Tree Of Life" program, under which it will plant a sapling of a fruit-bearing tree for every child born as an outcome of treatments administered across its six clinics wh
Chouhan said, "It is raining nectar in Madhya Pradesh in the period of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The residents of Indore have opened the doors of their homes as well as the doors of their hearts for you (NRI). There is a great atmosphere of enthusiasm. Yesterday, the NRIs from 66 countries pl
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Mohana Perumal, the 36-year-old farmer from Salem, who also used to drive a rented auto as a secondary profession, got a new lease on life at Rela Hospital with a successful heart transplant from a brain-dead patient in Madu