Latur, Dec 12 (PTI) A campaign to plant one lakh bamboo plants in Latur in Maharashtra was inaugurated on Monday.

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The launch event was held in Ramwadi (Khurd) village and the plantation drive will continue till December 25 to coincide with the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Ramesh Karad said.

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Such plantation drives were essential to counter the imbalance in the region, which was resulting in dip in annual rainfall, Karad said.

He said bamboo is a multi-purpose plant and can help farmers earn more than from horticulture.

Speakers at the event hailed the drive for being held in the memory of BJP stalwart late Gopinath Munde and politician-farm leader Sharad Joshi.

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