HT Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Jan 2: A one-day awareness programme on the topic of ‘reclaiming the climate for a resilient and sustainable future’ under the Green Bodoland Mission (GBM), Govt of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) was held at the Bimalanagar Thongsi near Nagrijuli in Tamulpur district on Thursday.
The event discussed at length on building up of a green, smart and peaceful Bodoland.
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More than 1.2 lakh saplings have been planted at various places under the GBM mission in the plantation drive, particularly community land, forest land, village playground in the entire Bodoland region.
Hundreds of people across the communities from the village participated and shared their views on the mission.
A presentation on the topic of waste management and its important measures was presented to the audience highlighting the necessity of awareness among the citizens.
EM Dharma Narayan Das lauded the initiative of Green Bodoland Mission while promoting afforestation across the region.
He said that the BTR government, under the leadership of Pramod Boro, is working dedicatedly towards the welfare and development of the society since its inception in the reign of BTR.
He also stated that the GBM has received a good response from the common masses.
Encouraging the masses, he urged the participants and the locals to avoid the use of plastics at any cost to meet a congenial environment across the region.
Mission director Manaranjan Das told that several ten villages have been adopted under the Green Bodoland Mission across the entire Bodoland region, and accordingly awareness programs are organising involving youth clubs, local peoples, NGO members, mahila samities etc while creating awareness on the tree plantation, and its maintenance.
He also said that the citizens are also made aware on the initiatives of making a plastic free environment across the villages with a mission to have a congenial human well-being situation.
“The GBM has initiated various humanity welfare services for bringing healthy life leading through the mission”, he added.
He further urged the citizens to come forward to extend cooperation and support for the creation of a green and smart Bodoland.
Along with BTR executive member, Dharma Narayan Das and mission director, Manaranjan Das, UPPL media secretary, Hantigiri Narzary, SEED adviser Ranjan Kumar Baruah,Pradeep Baishya, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Binita Baishya, owner of Guwahati Waste Management also graced the occasion.
The Green Bodoland Mission was launched in July last, and till date 258 youth clubs across the BTR were engaged and ten villages have been adopted under the mission. The Bimalanagar village under Nagrijuli constituency in Tamulpur has been declared as adopted village under the Green Bodoland Mission, and necessary strategies have been initiated to develop the village with the concerned authorities.
