Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey plats a tress during the visit to Piphema Old village on September 20. (DIPR Photo)
Visits Piphema Old village
Piphema, September 20 (MExN): Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey visited Piphema Old village on September 20.
A DIPR report stated that while visiting the JICA assisted, Nagaland Forest Management Project site, Piphema Old village, Choubey expressed admiration of the people, landscape and also the huge forest coverage in the State. He mentioned that in spite of the land belonging to the community, the government projects through Nagaland Forest Management Project (JICA), the percentage of forest is increasing and improving which is an exemplary challenge to other parts of the country.
“To improve and increase our rich biodiversity, we will have to protect and save our forest. We are responsible for our forestry and hence, the protector of the forest therefore forest should be conserved at upmost priority,” Choubey observed.
‘Plant trees and Save trees’ was the word sent from the good office of the Prime Minister to the people and added that he was happy to address the Nagas with this message to urge and motivate the people to plant more trees. “Planting trees, be it traditional or medicinal will ultimate benefit the land, for better climate, for pollution Free State and a better land to live in,” he stated.
From the departmental point of view Choubey also said that the government is willing to help the department and the state to improve the forest area and assured to also improve the status of the forest personnel’s and add more facilities for the departments.
Earlier, Choubey was accorded for a ceremonial plantation at the project site and appreciating the affectionate gesture towards him by the villagers. He also declared to aid a child financially from Piphema village.
DFO Dimapur, Beizo Suokhrie, IFS highlighted on the management of Forest under the village and mentioned that the village has been identified as one of the Nagaland Forest Management Project (JICA) Village and on February 11, 2020 the Piphema Old Village Council signed a resolution with the NFMP and thus Piphema Old JFMC was included into the NFMP (JICA).
He added that the village has a thick forest coverage which provides a rich variety of flora and fauna, owning to which the villages practice forest conservation to maintain the Forest areas for the benefit and sustainability of future generations and forest conservation, the village has also taken the initiative for protection and conservation of forest and natural environment by banning hunting, fishing, deforestation, burning of forest in its jurisdiction.
