Odia magazine ‘Udayabata’ and the Jajpur Road Forest Department jointly celebrated the 50th Van Mahotsav Week at the Chrome Nagar Bidyapith here on Wednesday under chairmanship of’Udayabata’ editor Dusmanta Rout.
Former Vyasanagar Municipality Chairperson Sabita Rout, Cuttack ACF (Vigilance) Rajanikant Mohanty, Vyasanagar Senior Citizens’ Forum secretary Chandramani Samal, District Wildlife Warden Kailash Chandra Sasmal, Jajpur Road Forest Range Officer Debendra Patnaik and Ferro Chrome Plant GM Asutosh Nayak attended as guest and advised to plant at least one tree personally.
Only in Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Puri, Cuttack 22 lakh trees were uprooted during the Cyclone Fani and the State Government has planned to different varieties of sapling which useful for environment, said Mohanty.
Besides, a plantation drive was also held in the school campus in which Lalbahadur Mohanta, Rajendra Dhir, Surendra Sahoo, Suresh Hota, Sajay Das, Bijay Behera, Foresters Benudhar Behera, Manik Munda, Forest Staffs Trilochan Das, Swarup Nayak and Sabyasachi Patra took part.