B’NGIR
WOMEN TIE RAKHIS ON TREES, PROMISE PROTECTION
Wednesday, 13 August 2014 | PNS | BALANGIR |
in Bhubaneswar
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Women and girl students
of the Dumerjore area in Balangir district on Sunday launched a unique way of
protecting forests by tying Rakhis on trees in the area.
Villagers and members of food security
committees of about six villages in Dumerjore observed the Raksha Bandhan
festival together under the banners of the Zila Jungle Suraksha O’ Parichalalna
Forum, RCDC and Kandulbudha Food Security Federation.
On this occasion, District Welfare Officer
Babu Maharana and Sarpanch of Bandhapara gram panchayat Gopal Singh Nina were
present and encouraged the villagers to protect forests. They expressed
concerns that though the Forest Act prescribes that 37 per cent of the
geographic area should be covered under forest, this is limited on pen and
paper only. In actual practice, there is no dense forest available today in the
country.
“There scarcity of agricultural and house
equipment, fuel, food and fodder due to deforestation. The global warming is
also caused due to it. We have vowed to respect trees as our brothers and plant
saplings on every Raksha Bandhan day,” said a student after tying rakshis on
some of trees.
The programme was managed by the zonal committee
members of the Forest Forum and the Kandula Budha Khadya Suraksha Mahasangh,
including Somanath Patel, Tekendra Jal, Kulamani Sahu, Pitambar Padhan, Sesadeb
Bhoi and Bibhuti Bhusan Sahu.
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