In a bid to improve the City's green cover, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will conduct a tree census in all the wards through a private agency and undertake comprehensive tree planting in a planned manner. Commissioner M R Sreenivasa Murthy told the BMP Council that an inspection has been carried out in every street, road and school compound to take a count of number of trees and different species planted so far and make an assessment of how many saplings are required. "According to a report presented on the matter, our requirement is for 25,543 trees. Our officials have prepared a list of which wards need how many trees and what species of trees can be planted. This is the first time that the BMP is undertaking such a planned tree planting programme.