Singareni Targets 4.5 Million Saplings Under Van Mahotsav 2025
A press statement released by the SCCL said that Balaram had planted 19,570 saplings across 52 locations in Singareni since 2019, which have now grown into flourishing mini-forests
HYDERABAD: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has set a target to plant 4.5 million saplings this year as part of the government’s Van Mahotsav programme. Singareni CMD N. Balaram said he had personally planted 500 saplings on Sunday at Ramagundam-1.
A number of senior officials including area general manager Lalith Kumar, employees, and union leaders also participated in the programme, planting an additional 500 saplings on the occasion.
A press statement released by the SCCL said that Balaram had planted 19,570 saplings across 52 locations in Singareni since 2019, which have now grown into flourishing mini-forests.
Balram emphasised that environmental protection is everyone’s responsibility, and urged all individuals to plant at least three saplings in the available spaces around them and nurture them to grow. He stated: “Instead of leaving behind material wealth, the greatest asset we can gift to future generations is greenery through tree plantation.”
He highlighted that SCCL has planted over 70 million saplings across 14,000 hectares, which have now grown into large forests. As a result, the Singareni areas experience lower temperatures compared to other regions, a benefit achieved purely through plantation efforts.
Balram mentioned that whenever new mines are opened or roads are expanded, trees that need to be cleared are not cut down but are relocated to other locations through the translocation method and replanted there. He shared that he personally gives top priority to environmental protection and finds great happiness in seeing the saplings as full-grown clusters. Balram stated that Singareni Collieries Company has set a target of planting 4.5 million saplings this year, with around 500,000 saplings already planted so far. He urged that the plantation drive be taken up vigorously across all areas.
The programme saw the participation of CMOAI president B. Mallesh, Aituc deputy secretary Maddy Ellayya, SEWA president Anita Lalith Kumar, area senior officials, agents, managers, workers, and union leaders.
