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In commemoration of Earth Day, around 200 residents participated in a tree- planting drive, in Velachery. The initiative brought various residents’ associations of Velachery together, with the support of non-governmental organisations. The residents’ associations are from VGP Selva Nagar, Park Avenue, Annai Indira Nagar, Balakrishna Nagar, Udhayam Nagar, Anna Nagar, Venus Colony, Seshadripuram, and Sarathi Nagar.
Association apartments included Anmol Flats and Ramaniyam Marvel.
The NGOs that supported the exercise by supplying tree saplings are: Exnora International, Nizhal Trust, Kattabomman Friend’s Club, Save Velachery Water Bodies Forum and Green Society Welfare Association.
“We call this campaign ‘Green Velachery’. The saplings were planted along the median of Link Road which runs along Taramani and Perungudi MRTS railway stations; and on the roads around a park at VGP Selva Nagar. The campaign seeks to enhance Velachery’s green