Aiming to create awareness and to save the environment, many organisations at Bokaro and Dhanbad tried to make a difference in a bid to celebrate World Environment Day.
On the pre-evening of the day several PSUs including SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), Dalmia Cement, Vedanta-Electrosteel, BPSCL conducted plantation drives and organsied rallies to make the mass aware to mark the occasion.
A rally was also organized by CSR and Environment department of Vedanta-Electrosteel Group at Bhagabandh. Thousands of people, villagers and students have participated in the rally.
Amidst several crusades including tying bands to the trees, hugging the trees, painting faces and covering bodies with leaves, few NGOs’ planted trees and organizes meet to protect and conserve forest and mountains in Bokaro.
Wishes greener and safer environment for future school students observed the day with great enthusiasm, “We promote sustainable and safer environment by inculcating the love for nature among our students.
We endorse greener and cleaner environment by adopting and preserving diverse flora, promoting less energy consumption, no use of poly bags and recycling of used products, said Sandeep Acharya Head of HSE Department of Vedanta-Electrosteel.
He urged all to plant at least one tree in their house.
Expressing concern over the consistently raising of air pollution Acharya said, in every region across the world, people are breathing in toxic air which is reducing our age. All possible efforts should be made to avoid air pollutions including the burning of waste, burning forests and fields. We should also make efforts to prevent the diseases caused by air pollution, he said.