Tree plantation at Jadigenahalli

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Trees planted: 200 numbers
Date: 24-May-2008
Morning was pleasant, and the breeze was special…Sun rose to a perfect harmony as the volunteers moved towards Hosakote. Some reached early, some late. Some came prepared, and some didn’t. However, it didn’t dither them from doing their bit to address the major problem of the planet today, the global warming.The barren and neglected land that was selected for sapling plantation program was on the outskirts of a village called Jadigena halli, some 7KMs off Hosakote. The saplings were bought by volunteers for a reasonable price at the white field forest department nursery. The saplings varied from floral to fashionable to the fruiting ones. The variety also ranged from plants that would eventually grow to a few feet to the ones those grow to a few meters. The varied saplings were selected that added to some 200 in numbers.The Singapore cherries, people tree, the guava, Jack fruits, flowering plants, kadamba plants and so on.As we entered the lands where the plantation had to happen, we observed some pits graved by a JCB machine a few days ago. The first task cut out for us was to fill these huge pits at least by 50% to make our saplings sit quiet in there. And we began the day of plantings by planting a people tree.A few villagers were all geared up to accompany the city lads in this task unusual. With the able guidance of experienced people in our team, and the village guys as well, within 2 hours we could cover a vast area that was empty earlier with the plants that we carried.Volunteers participated in the drive with utmost interest and with a sensational spirit that was infective. Villagers were happy to see us indulge in the country activity and were beaming with huge smiles. They were pretty impressed, and were committed to growing the plants to make them trees in the near future.The village had a brand new temple that was inaugurated a couple of weeks before our visit. It is a very big and a beautiful temple of Karagadamma devi. Our next halt was at the temple, and the remaining 50 and odd plants were to be planted around here. The villagers too joined hands making our jobs easier and saving a lot of time. Here we planted fruiting sapling in abundance, with a few flowering and a few kadamba plants.The enthusiastic 30+ volunteers, if not anything else, were successful in inspiring a whole village to maintain the forest around them, and grow more trees.A vole of satisfaction ruled over all the faces of those volunteered that day. After getting freshened up at a well nearby, the team headed back to the temple, took part in a special pooja of the Goddess and had prasada with contention.A sumptuous “ragi mudde oota” was waiting for all the tired souls that day at a neighboring house. All relished the food with brim thankfulness.Before ending the note on our first ever plantation drive, I’d like to thank all those who made the program a grand success; the volunteers especially took their time off to present themselves with a satisfaction of being a part of a social awareness community. The program was organized and arranged by Swapna in association with Madhu, special thanks to the both of them. Next to the villagers who were supporting us right from the beginning till the very end to make it a startling beginning of the plantation season.Last and not the least the two families those were responsible for the program themselves, one the family of Mrs. & Mr. Prakash who, being a village chieftain permitted us to plant in the land belonging to him, as well as around the temple. He not only permitted us to go ahead, but also stood there instructing us, guiding us to go in a right direction.Another family that stood as a backbone for the whole event, without whom we couldn’t have even dreamt of being there here are Mrs. and Mr. Shivabasaiah Badnimath. They also arranged for the sumptuous food that we relished later in the evening.We hope and wish that we be a cause and part of hundreds of such events and occasions further in the coming days.
Participants:Akshata,AlbertAnand,Anitha,Amogh,Balakrishna, Bilvashree ,Chaitra, Chetan, Chitra,Levin, Nataraj, Nimmi, Phaniraj, Madhusudhan, ManjulaRethesh, Ramesh, Raghu, Rethesh, Sreelakshmi, Shrikanth ,Sushma, Sudarshan,Organisers:Prakash & sunanda, Swapna, Shivabasaiah & Ratna