Rahim Greens sets up tree nursery
Srinagar: Rahim Greens the branch of Rahim Group has established a nursery of trees at Rangreth here. In a statement, Rahim Group said, noted poet, Zarif Ahmed Zarif, inaugurated the nursery by planting a tree. “This is a noble step towards protecting the environment of the Valley,” Zarif said.
“Rahim Greens organized many such programmes for saving the environment,” the Group CEO Abdul Hamid Bhat said. “We run this organization without any Government or semi Government aid,” Abdul Hamid said. “Our organization has distributed 6000 saplings to Police College Baramulla, and other colleges with one student one tree program,” he added.
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