Cuttack: If the forest department plans work out, the Aviation Research Centre (ARC) campus here would soon go green. The department has proposed to plant various saplings, including medicinal plants, in July.
Divisional forest officer Sudarshan Behera said a plan has been mooted to plant 10,000 saplings of different varieties on the campus. The trees belong to the fast growing variety and are expected to blossom within six years.
"This is the first time that the ARC campus would witness such a massive plantation drive. Seven hectares have been demarcated inside the ARC for this purpose. Chakundi, Simarubba, Pathoria, Karanj, fruit saplings like jamun, oil sapling, would be planted. Forest department workers would plant the saplings within a span of 10 days in July this year," said Sudarshan Behera.
18/05/13 Manabesh Mohanty/Times of India
