Palanpur: Banaskantha, home to Asia’s largest milk dairy, celebrated the World Environment Day by committing to plant more trees in future.
Banas Dairy officials organized a symbolic tree plantation drive in each taluka of the Banaskantha district and promised to plant one crore saplings during the monsoon season.
A function was held under the aegis of Banas Dairy and Galbabhai Nanjibhai Patel Charitable Trust.
“Since the last four years people of Banaskantha have been participating in the tree plantation drive.
Today we reaffirm our commitment to keep working towards the cause.
We are aware that one tree is equivalent to one oxygen plant.
The plant that produces oxygen in its entire life is much less than what a tree produces in its lifetime,” said Shankarbhai Chaudhary, chairman of Banas Dairy.
Earlier, Chaudhary launched the World Environment Day event from Dantiwada taluka’s Uttampura Angiya village.