Sarangpur Mandir plans 25 km tree plantation through drip irrigation
January 06, 2016
Botad
According to Assistant Kothari Swami Viveksagardas of Sarangpur Kashtabhanjan Dev Mandir which comes under Vadtal Swaminarayan branch, the sect is planning to plant 4,000 trees on both sides of highway connecting Bavla and Botad and spend Rs 1 crore for this cause.
Swami said the plantation will get water through a drip irrigation line which shall be laid in 25 km length. Proposed plantation will replace ‘Gando Baval’ which is harming the underground water table, he added.
He said, such initiative will provide relief to pilgrims who travel between Botad and Sarangpur or Bavla and Sarangpur.
The plantation project will kick off with Shakotsav festival of sect.
– DeshGujarat
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