The ‘Billion Trees Project’ is an ambitious initiative to plant one billion trees in India being taken up by GreenVein. org. The GreenVein initiative is promoted by Abheda Ganga Mayya Trust, Haridwar under the leadership of Swami Samvidanand.

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The aim of the One Billion Trees project is to address environmental degradation through a multi-stakeholder pan-India movement for afforestation. Once the movement covers 30 Indian states, one Billion saplings will be planted under the project . Cheif co-ordinator Swami Samvidanand highlighted that Tress are essential to the livelihood and cultures of people around the world, and are home to 80 percent of the Earth’s land-based plants and animals.

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To promote such noble Initiative Rev.Dr.Clement Valluvassery,Manager AISAT,and Rev.Fr.Alex Kurishuparambil, Associate Manager,AISAT  planted the Tree saplings and officially inaugurated the green movement in AISAT Campus.The event was witnessed by the GreenVein Officials, faculty members and students of AISAT.