Kerala govt launches drive to improve green cover over 3,000 temples
The CPI (M)-led government in Kerala has adopted a divine way to tackle climate change and its negative impacts in the state.
It has launched an ambitious project to improve the green cover of over 3000 temples being managed by five Devaswom Boards under its control.
Besides, the project also envisages preserving the water resources by renovating the abandoned temple ponds and protecting the sacred groves in the state.
'Devankanam Charuharitham' (Beautiful Green Abodes of God), the project will be implemented in 3800 plus temples across the state that are managed by five Devaswom Boards.
State Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan inaugurated the project on June 5 on the occasion of World Environment Day by planting a sapling on the courtyard of the headquarters of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) here.
Travancore Devaswom Board President K Ananthagopan said that an order in this regard has been issued and circulated to all devaswom boards in the state.
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