HAL completes planting 2.5 m saplings

Bangalore, Jun 5 (UNI) Defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has achieved a significant landmark by completing the task of planting over 2.5 million saplings in Bangalore on World Environment Day today.

Last year, under Go-Green campaign, HAL planted over One lakh teak saplings to fulfill its commitment towards corporate social responsibility.

The 2.5 million target was achieved after several years of sustained effort. HAL had also taken up several afforestation missions including development of parks, development and maintenance of nurseries and landscaping besides energy conversation measures, rainwater harvesting, recycling of waste water, incinerator plant for disposal of waste and biogas plants among others, according to a release here today.

HAL Bangalore Complex Managing Director A K Saxena said that "we have been giving top most priority to tree plantation in all units. The green cover was being constantly improved with fresh plantations every year".

The company has also taken measures to arrest the decline of ground water table and improve ground water by promoting rainwater harvesting at its units.

UNI