Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday announced that the State Government will launch a green campaign under which 2 crore saplings will be planted. The campaign will be launched on July 5.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a park at Baridih, Das said: “We want to preserve the environment and plan our policies to be environment-friendly. We have plans to plant 2 crore saplings across the State to spread green cover and promote conversation in every possible way”. The Chief Minister, in his address, spoke on various subjects from making Jharkhand one of the best states of India to making Jamshedpur the best city in India. From investment to skill development, Government of Jharkhand is making efforts to rebuild the State and become one of the preferred destinations for investors. At the same time, he advised the citizens to be a partner in this initiative and ensure that they not only become ‘zimmedaar nagrik’ but a ‘Zimmedaar Parivaar’ and keep Jamshedpur clean and green.
Das, also unveiled the ‘Zimmedaar Parivaar” logo along with Ashish Mathur, Managing Director, Jusco. Further, the Chief Minister experienced the open gymnasium (first-of-its-kind in Jamshedpur) and launched the Door-to-Door initiative of JUSCO where he interacted with social entrepreneurs and saw the display of collection vehicles – from e-Rickshaw to compactor. Das spoke about the door-to-door initiative and enlisted the benefits of Source Segregation and how it can be a source of income for waste pickers. The CM also emphasised that the Government has paved way for development with a focus on fostering technological collaboration, and establishing more partnership in manufacturing sector. Global Summit held at Ranchi has opened doors of opportunities. He said that for a fund of Rs 700 crore has been assigned for skill development among youths and the Government is taking various steps in this regard.
“Our Government is focussed on a time-bound programme to improve infrastructure, both in rural and urban areas. Roads, electricity and water are our priority areas along with improving infrastructure in schools and we are working on these areas. We are confident to complete the projects as per our plans,” said Das.
Jusco managing director Ashish Mathur spoke about the campaign and requested citizens to participate in this initiative to make Jamshedpur one of the cleanest cities of India. He congratulated Arun Vidyut and his team for the good job done for the park.