An Indian Village Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl Child is Born

An Indian village in the Rajasthan Rajsamand district of the country has a unique tradition of celebrating their daughters in this modern times. And their means of celebration is very Eco-friendly. Since 2006, the people of Piplantri village made it a way of life to planting one hundred and eleven (111) trees to commemorate the birth of a girl child. 

According to reports, the villagers have managed to to plant over 250,000  like Neem, Indian Rosewood, and Mango-giving that an average of 60 girls are born each year. However, to ensure that the trees are free from harmful insects they have managed to plant 2.5 million Aloe Vera plants around them. 

Started by the village’s former head-‘sarpanch’-Shyam Sundar Paliwal, in memory of his dead daughter Kiran. With the population of 8,000 residents, all are dedicated to making sure that the trees survive and attain fruition as the girls grow up. (See the video after the cut...)

 

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