Rajasthan's Piplantri village has been leading the way when it comes to protecting the environment and showing care for the girl child.



In a remarkable feat, 111 trees are planted on the birth of every girl child in Piplantri village in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan. And the story does not end here.



On Raksha Bandhan, a thread is tied to the plants and then nurtured, treated akin to part of the growing tribe of family of trees in the region.





This unique initiative was started by former village sarpanch Shyam Sundar Paliwal. "I started this initiative in my gram panchayat 15 years ago which is still going on, said Shyam Sundar Paliwal.



Paliwal began the initiative after he lost his daughter Kiran in the year 2007.



Sources said that in 15 years, around 810 girl children have been born and as many as 89,910 trees planted.



Post the steps taken in Piplantri village in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district to save the environment, several other gram panchayats have followed the footsteps of Shyam Sundar Paliwal by adopting the same idea.



The initiative has helped the region in earning the tag of being environment friendly. This unique initiative was started by former village sarpanch Shyam Sundar Paliwal. "I started this initiative in my gram panchayat 15 years ago which is still going on, said Shyam Sundar Paliwal.Paliwal began the initiative after he lost his daughter Kiran in the year 2007.Sources said that in 15 years, around 810 girl children have been born and as many as 89,910 trees planted.Post the steps taken in Piplantri village in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district to save the environment, several other gram panchayats have followed the footsteps of Shyam Sundar Paliwal by adopting the same idea.The initiative has helped the region in earning the tag of being environment friendly.

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