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