The turning level for police constable Devender Sura from Sonipat got here throughout his deployment in Chandigarh, a number of years in the past. He was mesmerised by the great thing about town, particularly the gorgeous inexperienced cowl that enhanced the attraction of the roads and streets.

Impressed by the attractive and well-kept greenery of town, he determined to remodel his personal village the identical means — by planting extra timber.

Thus, Devender set out on his inexperienced campaign in 2012, ranging from his village, which ultimately unfold to over 152 village panchayats in Sonipat district.

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By this self-driven initiative, he has been operating plantation drives throughout the state of Haryana for the previous six years and has planted multiple lakh timber.

At the moment, his efforts have was a folks’s motion, with a community of over 2,000 volunteers who’re devoted and obsessed with bringing in a change within the state.

Whereas there’s a big staff and participation, it has been Devender who has funded the initiative all alongside by spending a big quantity of his month-to-month wage on his inexperienced enterprise. Over the previous six years, he claims to have spent over Rs 30 lakh on this.

At first, his household opposed his initiative as he needed to spend most of his wage on it. However ultimately, they got here round when folks began recognising and appreciating his work.

Watch his inspiring story right here:

(Edited by Divya Sethu)

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