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Kohima, Jun 5 (PTI) Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Sunday appealed to people to live sustainably with nature by “choosing cleaner and greener lifestyles” with his government taking a mega plantation drive across the state on the occasion of World Environment Day.<\/p>\n
With this year’s theme ‘Only One Earth’, he also said all citizens must realise that the earth is irreplaceable and all are part of its ecosystem.<\/p>\n
“Let us live sustainably with nature by choosing cleaner & greener lifestyles. Happy World Environment Day,” Rio said on Twitter.<\/p>\n
In a major initiative, the planning and development board of Phek district planted around two lakh saplings to celebrate the day.<\/p>\n
State Planning and Land Revenue Minister Neiba Kronu also joined the drive and urged people to take care of the planted trees for economic value.<\/p>\n
He also stressed on the need to encourage villagers for undertaking large scale plantations of fruit trees in the district.<\/p>\n
A youth organisation planted more than 10,000 saplings suitable for 104 Angami villages in three districts- Chumoukedima, Dimapur and Kohima, while another such body of Kohima Village observed the day with the planting of 1,500 saplings.<\/p>\n
In Tseminyu district, Sewanu village marked the day by conducting mass plantations of cherry, ashoka and bokal trees.<\/p>\n
Churches across the state are also conducting tree-plantation drives on their complexes to create a green environment.<\/p>\n
The Naga Students’ Federation, an apex body of Nagas students in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland with headquarters in Kohima, also observed the day.<\/p>\n
World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year.<\/p>\n
The NSF in the presence of its senior leaders, including cabinet ministers and legislators, conducted tree plantation drives in the Naga Solidarity Park in Kohima.<\/p>\n
The ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party’s Southern Angami-I Assembly Constituency unit organised a programme for plantations of 500 ornamental trees at the picturesque Naga heritage village Kisama. Local MLA and advisor to Technical Education department Medo Yhokha was present there. PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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