Participants at the awareness programme organised at Tuli Range Office on June 22.
Tuli, June 22 (MExN): Village leaders from areas around Tuli and Milak Industrial Zone took part in an awareness programme organised by mill owners of Tuli Industrial Zone and the Forest Department on June 22.
Held at the Tuli Range Office, village council chairpersons, secretaries and village council members of neighbouring villages including Wameken, Merangkong, Kangtsung, Luyong, Chubarongpang, Aopenzu and all ward Unions attended the programme.
According to a press release, a total of 10,000 tree saplings of fast and mixed species of Melia, Bogipoma, Titachapa and Khokon were given to the tree farmers on the occasion, and a ‘Green Belt Committee’ was formed in the division to safeguard the forest and sustain livelihood.
Delivering the keynote address, Tuli Range Officer Ailong Phom is said to have remarked that Tuli area is one of the areas with the most potential in the state as it is blessed with many natural resources coupled with geographical convenience and easy accessibility. He emphatically noted that ‘every good blessing comes with huge responsibility,’ and therefore using natural resources and their conservation should go hand in hand, the release stated.
Raju Lahoti, the president of the Green Belt Committee, mentioned that the mill owners association has full confidence with the forest department’s programmes and initiatives and assured full support in all efforts towards conservation and enhancement of livelihood, it said.
Meanwhile, the Divisional Forest Officer Dr Sentitula stated that it is the responsibility of all the stakeholders to plant more trees to restore and replenish the forests and at the same time to sustain livelihood. She stated that the Green Belt Committee formed under the division in collaboration with the mill owners of the Industrial Zones has been constantly working towards restoring and forest conservation as well as enhancement of livelihood of the people through various activities.
The Committee has been assisting the tree farmers in plantation works and the activity of the committee for this year is to award best farmer based on the overall performance rate of the plantation, the DFO stated.
