143 Bn CRPF organises plantation drive
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 09 2022:
As a part of "Va-namahotsav" celebration, 143 Bn CRPF carried out a tree plantation drive at its Lamphelpat headquarters on Saturday and planted around 600 saplings under the supervision and physical participation of unit's second-in-command Akhilesh Kumar Yadav and K Sonny Singh, deputy CO Sandip Sharma, Amaree Prasad, M Santosh, SOs and personnel of the unit.
In a release, 143 CRPF informed that during inauguration of the programme, Akhilesh Kumar motivated the personnel and civilians to make the plantation drive a part of life's mission and also highlighted about the importance of trees and forest to human life.
It also informed that units of the battalion stationed at Sapermeina and Kangpokpi planted 2000 saplings under the command of AC O Riza Chanu along with forest officials of Kangpokpi and the locals at Mahavir village, Kangpokpi.
Other units of the battalion also carried out similar campaigns in their respective stations, added the release.