In a move to bring greenery to the Smart City of Bhubaneswar in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani, the Orissa Environmental Society (OES) has initiated a programme, “Swachh O Sabuja Bhubaneswar Abhiyan”, to undertake cleaning and plantation works in the city.
On Friday, the OES undertook such a drive in the Capital Hospital campus in association with the BMC, hospital authorities and the ICICI Bank. Earlier, it had successfully done such activities in the Khandagiri area.
The programme presided over by OES president Dr Sundara Narayan Patro was grced by BMC commissioner Surath Kumar Mallick and Deputy Commissioner Sumant Mishra, Capital
Hospital Director Dr Ashok Kumar Patnaik and Superintendent Dr Narayan Sethi as guests. OES convenor Er Manoranjan Mishra delivered welcome address and the programme concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr Pradeep Kumar Rath.
Later, saplings were planted and cleaning work was done by members of the OES and others.
Among othrs, OES secretary Dr Jaya Krushna Panigrahi, ICICI Bank CSR Manager Shanti Bardhan, Dr Manas Ranjan Senapati, Narayan Tripathi,
Debendra Nath Satpathy, Swapna Behera, Kalyani Mohanty, Arati Mohapatra and Pratap Mohapatra were present.