Thuvakkam, a Chennai based NGO has helped greening Kundrathur, by creating the first ever large scale community of size 1.5 Acres, the plantation for seeding the huge forest was held with more than 80 volunteers on Dec. 17.
Hcl Foundation, giving much significance to greenery initiatives, under its HCL Harit program, has been able to collaborate with Thuvakkam NGO in creating the first ever urban forest at Kundrathur.
The CSR initiative has focused on planting 14,000 native species plants, suitable for our soil. The Administrative partner, Kundrathur Municipality, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, has been a sheer support in the collaboration, with giving support in permissions and approvals. The plantation event was graced by Dhamodharan, Commissioner, Kundrathur Municipality, Sathya Moorthy, Chairman, Kundrathur Municipality, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Neethi Rajan, The President, Metro Grand City Residential Welfare (MGCRWA) Association members, HCL Foundation team and Thuvakkam team. The event witnessed more than 80 volunteers, with HCL volunteers, scouts and guides students from the Don Bosco school, and MGCRWA members.
The volunteers, beginning from kids to the adults enjoyed the plantation activity and planted more than 1000 saplings. The 2 hours event was a blend of knowledge sharing session with practically understanding the trees to delightfully involving in the planting activity. The urban forest created at Patel park, Kundrathur had sustainable planning, which includes using the method of creating urban forest, which will also include sustainable infrastructure to have much community engagement. As ponds are crucial for the betterment of biodiversity, a pond has been created inside the forest. Besides the 14,000 native plants the forest will also have a herbal garden set, with pathways and direction boards guiding to every part of the forest. Of the many forests created by Thuvakkam NGO in partnership with HCL Foundation and Kundrathur Municipality, Govt. of India, this one stands significant as many sustainable features have been included for enabling the public to better engage with the environment.
There are a lot of volunteering activities piled up and this will be a great opportunity for those who desire to plant for a change. For more details visit www.thuvakkam.org and check @Thuvakkam social media pages.