MSF continues 'Sanghallasi Manipur' campaign, plants 1,500 saplings
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 08 2024:
As part of its environmental campaign launched under the banner 'Sanghallasi Manipur' on May 4, 2019, Manipuri Students' Federation (MSF) has been conducting a tree plantation drive since June 1.In continuation of the drive, members of MSF in coordination with Central Forest Division, Nongmaijing range forest department planted saplings of different varieties at Nungdum-Nungnaobi, Kalika in Imphal East district on Saturday.
During the tree plantation drive, MSF president Hijam Roshan said that around 300 volunteers of the student's body planted around 1,500 saplings of different varieties at Nungdum-Nungnaobi, Kalika in Imphal East district.
He said that more than 30,000 different types of trees are being felled down every year, 74 trees daily and one tree every minute thereby posing a severe threat to ecology of the Earth.