If one considers the expenditure, it shows that the BDA on an average spent Rs 17 on each plant. It had spent Rs 799 to plant a sapling on an average in that year. Later, the cost of planting a sapling by the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) varied from Rs 8 to Rs 17. In 2006, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) had spent Rs 39.99 lakh to plant 5,000 saplings. The BDA had planted nearly 2,69,722 saplings spending around Rs 48.04 lakh between 2005 to 2013.

Source: The Telegraph June 12, 2016 21:57 UTC