On Children’s Day, students in Bengaluru and Karnataka are doing their bit for the environment by planting trees. Prerana MyTree, an eco-initiative by students from 48,000 government schools across Karnataka will plant about 2.5 lakh trees across the state. Prerana MyTree is supported by the state government, the NGO Sikshana Foundation, Dell and Bengaluru-based startup, Eyeris Media. In 2017, the education department announced that this programme from now on will be implemented across all the 48,000 schools in Karnataka. In addition, students will also be going to their schools during the holidays to check on the plants.

Source: The Hindu November 13, 2019 11:44 UTC