CSR activites should compulsorily include tree planting
Chennai has been reported to have the least trees among the metro cities of India. This is not good news at all. Unless we have a very vast tree cover, the city will continue to be under great pressure. It is already very hot in summer. Every new apartment complex should compulsorily plant at least two hundred trees in the complex and another similar number in the vicinity.Better still, the huge industrial groups, both Indian and foreign, that are headquartered or have a big presence in Chennai, should be compelled to plant at least ten thousand trees each by using their CSR funds. Of course, they can take the help of school and college students to plant the trees and also take the help of local residents to water the plants till they grow into trees. Right now, only a few big traders are doing this job.
Similar initiatives should be made at all locations and cities. Once this is done, we can have more oxygen not only in Chennai, but also in other cities. Today, there are many who claim that Bangalore has lost thousands of trees in the name of development. This is very sad as well.
