AP Pollution board launched an Environmental Rally

Vishakapatnam, June 5: Here on the occasion of World Environment day, The Andhra Pradesh Pollution board has conducted a rally from RK beach to Vuda Park along with various green social trusts here on Monday.

The Vishakhapatnam Trust Chairman T. Krishna Murthy and Lok Sabha MP, K. Hari Babu flagged off the rally.

He has hailed the trust on its accomplishments of tree plantation and protection of the environment by planting 1,200 trees with tree guards in the city.

Krishna Murthy spoke of the trust's five-year plan of planting 10 lakh trees and geotagging them.

As part of Rally, Around 200 plants would be planted from RK beach to VUDA Park and 1,000 plants in the Andhra University campus.The plants would be cemented with tree guards.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it is the right time to reaffirm our commitment to protecting our environment and nurturing a better planet.