Mangaluru, July 03 2018: Centenarian environment crusader Saalumarada Thimmakka arrived at the St Aloysius College here on July 3, Tuesday to participate in Vrukshanjali, an environment awareness organised by the College to mark World Environment Day. Thimmakka planted two saplings namely Kadamba and Suragi at the St Mother Teresa Shantivana at the Aloysius Pre-University College grounds. She later inaugurated the Tissue Culture Avenue lined by Test Tube Trees developed by the doctoral students of the laboratory of Applied Biology of the College.
Rev Dr Praveen Martis S J, Principal of the College, Umesh B N, environmentalist, Dinesh Holla of Sahyadri Sanchaya, Dr Narahari, Registrar, Umesh, the adopted son of Thimmakka and others were present.