GUWAHATI: The villagers of Dhansiri in Assam’s Golaghat on Sunday, June 5, celebrated World Environment Day by planting one lakh saplings on more than 50 hectares of land at Tengani Dui Noi Mukh area under the Sarupathar assembly constituency in the district.
Several organisations, paramilitary forces and police participated in the mega plantation initiative, ANI reported.
MLA of Sarupathar assembly constituency, Biswajit Phukan said that with the help of local villagers the plantation of one lakh saplings was a mega success.
Further, Phukan said that last year they had decided to plant at least 15 lakh saplings in the area during his five years tenure. He also added that after two major forests Dakhin Nambor Tengani and Rengma forests were destroyed and some villagers used the forest lands for cultivation, they decided to revive the forests.
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on June 5 to encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment and to make Earth a better place to live.
