Railways to plant 3 lakhs saplings on Harit Divas celebrations
Ferozepur, August 10, 2017: Making an all out effort to enhance the green cover along the trains, Indian Railway has firmed up an ambitious proposal to plant three lakh saplings on the land owned by it.
In this context, the railways today celebrated ‘Harit Divas’ in the Ferozepur Division by planting three lakh saplings. The celebrations were started with the planting of 50,000 saplings in Ferozepur rail division from Saidanwala railway station.
The land where trees will be planted will remain with railways while the maintenance of trees will be a joint effort of railways and state governments.
It is pertinent to mention that railways has created a separate directorate to carry out environment-related activities in a focused manner. The varieties of trees will be planted on rail land including on both sides of the tracks. The saplings will be region-splecific and vary from zone to zone, said the railway official.
The official said the tree plantation drive will serve dual purpose. While the plantation is an environment-friendly exercise, trees will also prevent encroachment of rail land.
Giving this information, Vivek Kumar, Divisional Rail Manager said, the trees plays an important role in our life.
Present among others on this occasion were – Sukhwinder Sisngh Additional Divisional Railway Manager, A. Chattarji, Chief Medical Superintendent, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Sr.Divisonal Engiener(Civil), Kulwant Singh, Sr.Divisional Engineer-I and other divisional railway office officials.
