For example, the BBMP roped in students of ITI Vidya Mandir School last year for planting around 40 saplings on Old Madras Road between Benniganahalli and Baiyappanahalli police station. The function was held with much fanfare but the saplings were forgotten by the BBMP forest department as soon as they were planted.
The authorities are mandated to create awareness among the public about the importance of trees in the environment. That said, it is quite intriguing why the BBMP authorities themselves have abandoned around 60 well-grown saplings on the civic body’s head office premises.