As part of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign's tree plantation initiative, schools in various parts of India have started tree plantation drives.
Euro school in Airoli Maharashtra, organised a plantation drive where apart from planting trees, children were taught about various kinds of seeds and introduced to basic gardening tools. They also learnt about different parts of plants and the four best friends of plants - sun, water, air and soil.
Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was speaking at the national education conference, 'Gyan Sabha', organised by the RSS-linked Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas in Kochi.
Palode Ravi resigned from his post on Saturday following "embarrassment caused to the party after he predicted a poor performance" for the Congress in the upcoming local body and Assembly elections.