Vontimitta (Kadapa Dist., March 5 -- TTD is taking special steps to increase greenery on the Ramatheertham and Lakshmanatheertham hills near the Kodandarama Swamy Temple in Ontimitta.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, has directed that greenery should be increased around the Ontimitta temple area, TTD said in a release here on Thursday.

Following these directions, the TTD Forest Department has prepared plans to grow trees that are suitable for the local climate and can survive for a long time.

TTD JEO V. Veerabrahmam inspected the Ramatheertham hill and gave several suggestions to the Forest and Engineering Department officials.

The Ramatheertham and Lakshmanatheertham hills together cover an area of about 10 hectare...