<p>This is the pledge former President A P J Abdul Kalam wants every Indian citizens to take on the New Year day.<br /><br />In a New Year message, Kalam said every citizen should undertake plantation of one to three fruit-bearing trees which will lead to creation of at least "one billion trees for one billion people" at the end of 2010.<br /><br />"This will lead to absorption of 20 billion kg of carbon dioxide and release 14 billion kg of oxygen annually in few years time," he said.<br /><br />The former President also said at least 100 PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) complexes should be set up in Bihar, Orissa, north-eastern states, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and eastern Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />"Let us start this New Year 2010 as a decade of hope for the youth to realise the vision of the nation and make India the best place to live."</p>
<p>This is the pledge former President A P J Abdul Kalam wants every Indian citizens to take on the New Year day.<br /><br />In a New Year message, Kalam said every citizen should undertake plantation of one to three fruit-bearing trees which will lead to creation of at least "one billion trees for one billion people" at the end of 2010.<br /><br />"This will lead to absorption of 20 billion kg of carbon dioxide and release 14 billion kg of oxygen annually in few years time," he said.<br /><br />The former President also said at least 100 PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) complexes should be set up in Bihar, Orissa, north-eastern states, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and eastern Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />"Let us start this New Year 2010 as a decade of hope for the youth to realise the vision of the nation and make India the best place to live."</p>