Radhika Anand, the one-woman army planted 110k trees in a year across India.
The 52-year old used her own resources, savings and small contributions from friends and well-wishers to fund her endeavour. Radhika, a former Air Force Officer’s daughter, chose this synergistic partnership with the Indian Army as it ensured not only a seamless planting rollout, but also the fact that these trees would be tended for by a disciplined and passionate force for generations to come.
She has planted over 1,10,000 fruit trees, essentially mango (aam), tamarind (imli), gooseberry (amla) and blackberry (jamun) jackfruit (kathal) have been planted at and around Army Formations across North India, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. She envisages broad basing the plantation to over 200,000 trees by early next year a large component of which shall be planted in specific Commeration of the Fallen Soldiers of India under a ‘INDIA REMEMBERS’ programme conceived& initiated by the Center for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR) under the aegis of the USI.
The 52-year old used her own resources, savings and small contributions from friends and well-wishers to fund her endeavour. Radhika, a former Air Force Officer’s daughter, chose this synergistic partnership with the Indian Army as it ensured not only a seamless planting rollout, but also the fact that these trees would be tended for by a disciplined and passionate force for generations to come.
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