Srinagar, May 6 -- She is a mother, wife, politician, and green crusader, all rolled into one.

When people begin the day with a walk or go about their daily routines, Sonia Verma looks for barren patches so that she can plant trees.

Hailing from Jammu's Akhnoor area, Sonia has been planting trees for the last three years. So far she has planted more than 60,000 trees in and around her hometown. She made this decision to restore the rapidly disappearing green cover in Jammu owing to increasing constructions and road developments.

"Due to the growing human activities, the trees and greenery are slowly disappearing from Jammu. It is turning into a concrete jungle. This motivated me to start planting and distributing trees to make public p...