NGO Gyanalok organised a mega fruit plantation programme recently on the riverbed of Koel.
The river bed of Koel from Mitkundtri village to Karkatta was getting affected by soil erosion. Gyanalok made a lot of efforts to save the river bed and planted 1,000 different types of fruit trees. The plantation drive started on July 31.
Chairman of RIMS, Rourkela Nalini Prava Mohanty was the chief guest on the occasion, while Sarpanch Sumita Oram, Samiti Member Draupati Mundari, social worker Sanjeev Mohanty, Director, Urban Cooperative Bank Rabindra Narayan Panda, lawyer Raj Kishore Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar Rajuka, Ashok Mundari, Ajit Kumar Das, Manoranjan Kandulana, Batakrushna Swain, activist, Manoj Kumar Tirkey and Ward Member Rabi Das Kamal were present.