Various Industrial units observed the World Environment Day on Thursday with officials and employees planting saplings in their respective areas.
The Jindal Steel and Power ltd (JSPl), Angul observed the day taking up plantation and awareness programmes at Bhubaneswar and Angul. Subrat Ratho, Head of Mines & Minerals and MD (CTl) planted trees in the premises of JSPl’s Bhubaneswar Office. Similarly, VR Sharma, Dy MD and CEO steel business of JSPl flagged of a Marathon in the presence of ED and local head of Angul plant Dinesh Kumar Saraogi.
The JSPl’s CSR department took up a plantation drive in association with Shri Krishna Kurshak Club, Golabandha Gramya Committee and Jay Maa Durga Youth Club Golabandha and planted hybrid mango saplings in the premises of Mohulaburi Upper Primary School,Golabandha.
A large number of children, accompanied by members of Jagriti Mahila Mandal, carrying placards and raising slogans to spread awareness about the clean and green surroundings marked beginning of the World Environment Day at Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl).
The environment rally in the morning was flagged off from MCl Anand Vihar grounds by Jagriti Mahila Mandal president Anju Sahay in the presence of vice-president Anita Tiwari.
CMD AN Sahay hoisted environment flag in front of the company headquarters. The employees took pledge to protect environment.
Sahay along with Director (Technical/Operations) AK Tiwari, Chief Vigilance Officer Deepak Srivastava and Director (Personnel) PC Panigrahi planted saplings in the headquarters premises. The CMD also inaugurated ‘Bhagirathi Jal Vatika’ at MCl Jagriti Vihar to mark the day.
All the executives, senior executives and senior officials of all departments of the company participated in the plantation. They together planted as many as 2,000 sapling in 40 minutes while competing with each other.
Vice- President, Projects, MPCl, Promod Kumar Padhy graced the occasion and said, “The day reminds us to focus our thoughts and our energies to make collective efforts towards protecting the environment.”
Padhy also distributed fruit bearing plants like drumsticks, mango, guava and lemon to all residents in the Malibrahmani and Phuljhary R&R colonies. GM(land) Bandhu Bilhor, DGM(land) Sanjib Tripathy and Sr Manager (Safety) Sangram Pattnaik were
present.
The NTPC Talcher Kaniha also observed the day. Employees took upo a Green March Past from the plant gate to the site of mass plantation site.
ED VB Fadnavis while addressing a gathering said, “Sustainable development is the need of the hour. While industrialisation helps us achieve it, environment needs to be protected for survivability of the mankind.” He emphasised on plantation of more trees.
As many as 25 eco-friendly saplings were planted on this occasion by NTPC employees.