Shimla, Dec. 21 -- With a dry spell persisting in Shimla for over three months, the city Mayor Surinder Chauhan on Sunday personally took the initiative to irrigate saplings planted under the city's tree plantation project at Chamina, to ensure a higher survival rate.
The Mayor, along with his team and members of the local Self Help Groups (SHGs), undertook the watering of saplings using water supplied through tankers. Chauhan said he had recently visited the area and observed that the prolonged dry spell could adversely impact the survival of the newly planted saplings.
"We had undertaken a week-long tree plantation drive in Chamina, on the outskirts of Shimla, during August under the Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojna (RGVSY), which is a...