Early Times Report
KATRA, July 21: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board is making continuous endeavours to conserve the environment and green the Trikuta Hills and the spaces along the tracks leading to the Shrine. Towards achieving this objective, Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, today launched the monsoon plantation drive along the Tarakote Marg by planting saplings of Peepal, Bargad, Jacaranda and Tecoma. The Shrine Board will plant 1.10 lakh plants of different species under its Annual Greening Plan during the current financial year thereby bringing another 100 hectares area under green cover. Of these, 80,000 saplings are being planted during the ongoing monsoon plantation season while the remaining 30,000 plants will be planted during the coming winter plantation season. For the purpose, 1.20 lakh plants are being produced this year from the hi-tech nursery established by the Shrine Board at Kunia near Panthal to in-house meet the planting stock requirements of the Board.
After launching the plantation drive by the CEO of the Shrine Board, a massive plantation was undertaken in the Tarakote Marg area in which the staff of the Board and the CRPF personnel took part. The species being planted include Peepal, Bargad, Bauhinia, Amrud, Amla, Jamun, Kalpavriksh, Chinar, Tecoma, Jacaranda, Rudraksh, Bhera, Arjuna, Amaltas, Hibiscus, Bougainvillea and other soil binder species.
Among those who participated in the plantation drive included Vivek Verma, Additional CEO of the Shrine Board; Hem Kant Prasher, Chief Accounts Officer; Dr. Jagdish Mehra and Vishavjeet Singh, Dy. CEOs; Vinay Khajuria, ACF; and other concerned officers of the Board. |
