Trees planted around brick field
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 23 2022:
Under the Environment Project of Lions Clubs International, tree saplings
were planted by members
of Lions Club of Imphal at
Ipa Loyalakpa Brick Field,
Mayang Langjing Taning in
Lamsang.
According to Lions Club
of Imphal secretary Manas
Maisnam, its members
planted around 40 saplings
and conducted an Environment Awareness lecture for
brick field workers with L
Swamikanta as the speaker.
Swamikanta said that
since making of red bricks
require burning of fire
woods, alternative building materials are now being
used to reduce the usage of
red bricks.
To compensate the loss
of trees used as fuel for
brickfields, tree plantation
in large scale in vicinity of
brick fields must be encouraged, he said and stressed
that efforts should be made
to recycle plastic waste by
making simple brick blocks
wherein plastic waste is
compacted inside discarded
mineral water bottles.
Such bricks can be used
to border trees or flowers
planted in the lawns or gardens, he added.
Meanwhile, district governor of District 322D Dr W
Gopimohan said that Lions
Club was established in 1917
and over the years it has
grown to world's largest
service organisation with
more than 48,000 clubs in
over 200 countries with 1.4
million members.
The main
activities that the clubs focus world-wide are environment, childhood cancer,
diabetes, eyesight, hunger,
he said.