NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, FEB 7
A total of 3,200 saplings were planted in a farmland in the nearby Tirupur district on Sunday as part of ”Cauvery Calling” to recharge the river. Species such as rosewood, sandalwood, vengai, and red sanders were planted in the land of a farmer from the district, a press release from Isha Foundation, a spiritual organisation, said on Sunday.
The plantation drive was held on the 9-acre farmland of Sivasamy, a farmer from Ichchipatti village, Palladam taluka, Tirupur district. Local farmers, Isha volunteers, and youth from the community participated in this green drive.
President of Tamil Nadu Agricultural Association Chellamuthu was the Special Guest, the release added.
The Cauvery Calling is a movement launched by the founder of the Isha Foundation Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in 2019 to promote tree-based farming on private farmlands in the Cauvery river basin.
The planting of saplings was being done to improve soil fertility, groundwater recharge and augment the flow from Cauvery, the release said.
