c saravanan a secondary grade teacher has been going around schools in the district with a bag full saplings last days asking students to make planting saplings has been educating on the importance leading an friendly by the usage of plastics tuesday the birth anniversary of tamil poet bharathiyar saravanan a teacher at the panchayat union primary school pups has been cycling in pudukottai district and has over 130 km and 14 that include schools in pulvayal perunchunai and keelapalavanchi in the district plans to expand it to neighbouring districts as well educating children on eradicating use of plastics and at the same time plant as many trees as possible is the need of the hour he said saravanan leading an organic life inspired of ecological crusader g nammalvar at pudukottai town hall every year on gandhi jayanthi saravanan part of sapling plantation drives even during his college days with the help of his whom considers an inspiration i distributed over 1000 saplings to those who attended my marriage 2014 then promoting plantation has become a life said he is raising over 50 saplings in his school with his students besides he is also maintaining garden with the help of wife it is encouraging to find most aware of the harms of plastic while has played vital role it is to inculcate the habit of avoiding its he added