Karnataka: Padmashri awardee Saalumarada Thimmakka given cabinet rank

Padma Shri awardee Saalumarada Thimmakka was appointed as Karnataka environment ambassador with a government cabinet rank by the Bsavaraj Bommai-led government.

"Thanks to Chief Minister Shri Basavaraj Bommai for appointing Vrikshamate Saalumarada Thimmakka as Environment Ambassador and giving her status of Cabinet of Minister," wrote Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar in his tweet.

He also wrote that Thimmakka, who nurtured trees like her own children, is a role model for the entire society.

ವೃಕ್ಷಮಾತೆ, ನಾಡೋಜ ಡಾ.ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರನ್ನ ಪರಿಸರ ರಾಯಭಾರಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ನೇಮಿಸಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಚಿವ ಸಂಪುಟ ದರ್ಜೆ ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಶ್ರೀ @BSBommai ಅವರಿಗೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು.

ಮರ ಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನ ಸ್ವಂತ ಮಕ್ಕಳಂತೆ ಸಾಕಿ ಬೆಳಸಿದ ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರ ಪರಿಸರ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಇಡೀ ಸಮಾಜಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾದರಿ. pic.twitter.com/SDmokypGDJ
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) July 10, 2022

Thimmakka, fondly known as Vrikshamate for planting 8,000 trees including over 400 banyan trees, was awarded Padma Shri earlier this year.