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SAALUMARADA THIMMAKKA

Prakruthi Club, Department of Civil Engineering, organized the one day Environmentawareness Programme for budding Engineering students on 27/03/2017. The theme of the Programme was “Green Sooch”. The chief guest for the Programme was Vrukshamathe – Saalumarada Thimmakka, a famous Environmentalist. She is now 105 years old, but her invaluable services done to our environment has got worldwide recognition. She has planted 384 banyan trees along 4km stretch road from Hulikal to Kudoor. She has incited many other young people and this is the reason why we are conducted the event as well.