Mumbai, Nov. 5 -- Launching its new green initiative, "Trees for Travellers", the Dawoodi Bohras' Fayze Husaynia Trust Bombay has planted 60 trees, one in the name of each traveller leaving for Tunisia on Friday, November 6.

These trees, planted at the Oxy Park in Nagpur on Tuesday, November 3, are intended to offset the carbon footprint of the travellers. Spanning one acre in Nagpur, Oxy Park is a micro-forest initiative of the Dawoodi Bohra community, led by Project Rise and Burhani Foundation. So far, it has over 5,000 native trees, including the 60 trees planted in the name of the group of 60 travellers set to leave for Tunisia.

"A tree planted in a traveller's name will clean the air, shelter birds, and give shade for generations, ...