The Department of Social Forestry, Vadodara has planned to celebrate World Environment Day on 5th June with a unique initiative and in a very unique way. For the first time this year, the people in Vadodara are planning to celebrate World Environment Day by distributing saplings of the Tulsi grown in the nurseries of the department for planting in their backyard or pots. The distribution is starting from 5th June and will continue till 5th July. Kartik Maharaja, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Social Forestry Department, said that the Tulsi plant has many medicinal properties. There is such a strong folk belief in this plant. Considering the huge demand for Tulsi saplings in urban areas, this year the state government has instructed to celebrate World Environment Day by organizing Tulsi plantations in the municipal areas of the state and giving free Tulsi saplings to the people. The social forestry department has planned to distribute 1 lakh Tulsi plants to the people in the municip

Author-Shlok Talati