Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Chennai has launched a tree plantation and nurturing initiative targeting 75,000 trees, with Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) committing to receive 5,000 saplings for green belt development in Amullavoyal, Manali, and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) joining the programme as a partner.
Named Chinmaya Amritavanam, the initiative was announced as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Chinmaya Mission. It was launched during the school’s 59th Annual Day celebrations at Chinmaya Vidyalaya on Taylors Road.
The school said the target was designed around planting 1,000 trees for every year of the mission’s journey. The programme is intended to create a long-term green legacy, with the institution emphasising that the effort will involve nurturing saplings into mature trees rather than limiting the campaign to one-time plantation events.
V Karunapriya, IFS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation Limited, inaugurated the initiative. Her participation placed the launch within the state’s institutional forestry framework, although the supplied report does not specify any government funding or formal implementation agreement for the wider target.
CPCL has made the first major commitment towards the initiative by agreeing to receive 5,000 saplings for green belt development at Amullavoyal in Manali. Sriram Vishwanathan, Chief General Manager (HSE), CPCL, received a sapling on behalf of the company during the launch. The report does not provide details of the proposed planting sites within the facility, species selection, planting schedule or the arrangements for maintaining the saplings.
NHAI is also partnering with the school. A sapling was presented to an NHAI zonal representative to symbolise the partnership, but the report does not state how many saplings the highway authority will receive or identify the specific road corridors and locations covered by its participation.
The school said students and the wider community would be involved in environmental stewardship under Chinmaya Amritavanam. That approach makes maintenance and community participation central to the programme, but the available announcement does not establish a timeline for reaching the 75,000-tree target or provide survival-rate benchmarks for the plantations.
The immediate implementation milestone is CPCL’s planned receipt of 5,000 saplings for green belt development at Amullavoyal. Further details on the plantation schedule, locations, species and long-term monitoring are expected as the school, CPCL, NHAI and participating communities take the initiative forward.
