#SonuNigam and #NiharicaRaizada were the latest to join in the #BMC’s ‘#BeATreeParent’ #MEGAVrikshaCampaign by adopting a #SitaAshoka tree near Sonu Nigam’s residence in Juhu on June 19. They have joined the likes of Hon. MP Smt. Hema Malini, Ranvir Shorey and son Haroon Shorey, Vedant Gill, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Abhishek Bachchan, Bappi Lahiri, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha, Poonam Sinha, Ajay Devgn and son Yug Ajay Devgn, Ayesha Jhulka, Vatsal Sheth, Amit Behl, Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka, Saniya Saiyad, Ashnoor Kaur, Advait Mote and MLA Shri Ameet Satam who are all proud tree parents!
Said Sonu Nigam, “I am so glad to be a part of the movement to make Earth Green agsin. The cyclone has seen many trees fling and I am glad we are replacing them.with the indigenous variety. I look forward to the Sita Ashoka Tree blossoming over the next five years.”
Added Niharica Raizada, who is a cardiologist COVID warrior besides being an actress, “It feels really nice to plant trees. Oxygen is the need of the hour. And this move by the BMC with Make Earth Green Again MEGA Foundation is surely welcome.”
World Environment Day 2021 marked the start of BMC’s ‘Be A Tree Parent’ MEGA Vriksha Campaign. Instituted by the K West Ward Asst Commissioner Vishvas Mote, along with Anusha Srinivasan Iyer and Vedant Gill of Make Earth Green Again MEGA Foundation and Shaan Lalwani from Vriksha Nursery, the campaign involves and encourages societies and residents to adopt tree pits from the 348 Mumbai locations where trees had fallen in the K West Ward, post Cyclone Tauktae, and replant identified, fast-growing native tree species in those locations.
The campaign has also seen active participation from police personnel and citizens alike. And the numbers seem to only be growing.
