We can’t stop breathing polluted air, but we can definitely do something about the quality of air we breathe, stated East Coast Railway (ECoR) Additional General Manager Sudhir Kumar in a seminar organised on theme 'Environment issues in trains.'
He appealed to all the employees to work for a better environment and help to control pollution in their own little way.
Secretary, Odisha Environmental Society Dr Jayakrushna Panigrahi, participating in the seminar, expressed some valuable suggestions to make environment, pollution free.
In the morning, staff and officers of ECoR, led by AGM Kumar along with all heads of departments participated in a massive tree plantation programme. The plantation of saplings in railway premises in Chandrasekharpur area was organised as a part of the World Environment Day.
Plantation programmes were also organised in Khurda Road, Waltair and Sambalpur Divisions. A rally and a painting competition were held to sensitise the general public on environmental issues.