The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) organised a major “GO Green” drive which was inaugurated by M Ravi, ED (Works) and I/c Projects by planting saplings in Foundry and Pattern Shop area of the plant on Thursday.
PR Deshmukh, GM I/c Works and B Moharana, GM I/c Services, General Managers of the Plant, HoDs of different Engineering Shops and members of the F and PS collective also planted saplings., a BSP press release informed.
The plantation drive was initiated by Arun Bhandarkar, GM I/c M and U, MB Ganeshmuthy, GM (Shops) and B Ramana Murthy, DGM, F and PS. The plantation drive was aided by the Plants Civil Engg Dept. for planting of tree saplings in Coal Preparation Plant number 2 area of Bhilai.
later in the afternoon in Coke Ovens and CCD area an ambitious Tree Plantation mission was inaugurated by M. Ravi, ED (Works) and In-charge Projects along with P R Deshmukh, GM I/c (Works) .
Plantation of saplings at the new stockyard constructed under MODEX by the side of upcoming Stacker cum Reclaimer-7 is part of an initiative taken by CO and CCD Dept was towards environment by developing a green patch inside the work premises to save our Mother Earth.
Coke Ovens Department of Bhilai Steel Plant is one of the key units which has given 100 per cent contribution in various situation for taking BSP to new heights.
This GO GREEN initiative was taken by the team of Rebuilding and Modernisation section of CO and CCD under the leadership and guidance of J Arjuna Prasad, GM (CO and CCD). It is planned to plant around 2,000 tree saplings of various varieties namely Karanj,Gulmohar, Neem, Jamun, Bakul, Peepal, Bargad under the ‘GO GREEN’ drive. In the first phase 1200 saplings are to be planted in an area of 600 x 20 metre of barren land.
The massive plantation drive was undertaken by members of Coke Ovens collective,all of whom contributed generously to add to the numbers of saplings provided by Horticulture Department and Civil Engineering Department.
Applauding the initiative, M Ravi, ED (Works) & I/c Projects said such initiatives and drives will help in percolating the message throughout the plant premises of taking such drive for getting green all around inside the plant.