Kalam celebrates birthday by planting saplings with kids

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam turned 80 today.

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam,who turned 80 today,celebrated his birthday by planting saplings along with hundreds of children and farmers near here.

“This is the first time I am celebrating my birthday in a grand but unique manner,that too in the company of children,” an emotional Kalam said,after cutting a cake,in the office of an NGO at Nandangarai,25 km from here.

Dressed in a grey full-sleeved safari suit,Kalam was earlier received by the trustees of NGO Siruthuli which organised the sapling planting.

He planted a naval sapling,which the NGO said is the seedling of a tree planted by Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to the city many decades ago.

The NGO also presented Kalam a ‘Pasumai Ponnadai,’ a green shawl with 80 leaves woven on it.

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