Mission Green Mumbai

Subhajit Mukherjee

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation

MMRC

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BMC

Save plants from being destroyed by Metro by picking them up from dividers.Here’s your chance to add to the greenery in your home, and take part in some environmental activism at the same time. Due to the ongoing Metro construction, thousands of plants which are currently on the dividers will have to be replanted or thrown away. A citizen initiative plans to ensure that some of these plants escape the chopping block. Under hishas tied up with) to give away the plants that fall along the construction route of Metro 2 to citizens who are willing to adopt them.The entire Metro stretch of 42-km has nearly one lakh plants of various varieties including Tagor, Ficus, Cenna and Crotons. These plants, which are over two years old, can survive harsh environment and also on little water. As of now, citizens can go and pick up plants from the 3-km stretch of Link Road in Andheri starting from DN Nagar.Once a society or an individual shows their willingness to adopt them, the plants will be watered adequately a day in advance to make the uprooting easier.Speaking to Mirror, Mukherjee said, “These plants are sturdy and give. Transplanting them can also be easily done. It will save lakhs of plants which will otherwise be uprooted.”These plants according to Mukherjee have been well tended by the garden department ofand are very easy to maintain. “One ends up spending hundreds of rupees trying to purchase saplings of these plants while here thousands of them will be wasted,” said Mukherjee, urging citizens to come forward and take these plants home.Are you or anyone you know trying to make a big difference in their own small way? Mail us atand we may feature it on this page and spread the word.