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- The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has received 236 requests for 43,409 saplings just ten days after Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda invited citizens to join a plantation drive.
- Requests have come from across the five city corporations, with Bengaluru North leading at 14,807, and residents outside GBA limits seeking 13,565 saplings.
- The response has exceeded expectations against the target of 64,000 saplings to be planted with Resident Welfare Associations' help.
- The GBA will wait until the August 10 deadline, then review requests and conduct site verification to check if conditions are suitable.
What to watch next
- Total saplings requested after the August 10 deadline and the GBA's decision on requests from residents outside GBA limits
- Results of site verification of the requests received
- Launch and functioning of the sapling tracking system with geolocation data on corporation websites
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