Jaisalmer, a border district situated on the Indo-Pak border, is thought for its sandy dunes. But now, to provide the message of inexperienced revolution right here, the Territorial Army goes to create a brand new historical past in plantation in Jaisalmer. The 128th Infantry Battalion (Eco Task Force) of the Territorial Army created a world document on Sunday by planting greater than 5 lakh saplings in 1 hour in Jaisalmer. This program was organized on a big scale with the purpose of creating Jaisalmer, world well-known for its sandy dunes, inexperienced. Participation was taken on this program together with the district administration, Army, BSF, Air Force, Panchayati Raj, Forest Department and most of the people.
This program of planting 5 lakh saplings was organized at Jaisalmer’s Military Station, New Link Road Ranisar, Mohangarh, Sam, Degrai Temple Devikot and Hamira. This program ran from 11:00 am on Sunday to 12:00 pm. Jaisalmer District Collector Pratap Singh Nathawat, Superintendent of Police Sudhir Chaudhary, Jaisalmer MLA Chhotu Singh Bhati, District Head Pratap Singh Solanki, BSF North Sector DIG Yogendra Singh Rathore and administrative officers together with the individuals of Jaisalmer additionally participated on this program. All the individuals have given the message of environmental safety by planting timber.
5 lakh saplings planted in a single hour
The BSF troopers guarding the border have been collaborating on this marketing campaign for a very long time. Let us inform you that the earlier world document was of planting 3 lakh 31 thousand saplings in 1 hour. This time a world document has been made by planting 5 lakh saplings. After planting the saplings, this document shall be registered within the World Book of Records.
Jaisalmer has a particular identification within the area of tourism on the world stage. Every vacationer coming to Jaisalmer needs to see Gadisar. In such a state of affairs, a tree plantation program was additionally organized in Gadisar Aagor. During this, the goal was to plant 1 lakh 80 thousand saplings. In which BSF, Air Force, District Administration in addition to the individuals of Jaisalmer metropolis additionally participated and about 5000 individuals performed their half in finishing this document.
The goal was to plant 5 lakh vegetation
This time ETF (Eco Task Force) had set a goal of planting 5 lakh saplings to create a brand new document. For this, ETF ready greater than three and a half lakh saplings by itself. At the identical time, they purchased about one and a half lakh saplings from the forest division on the prescribed fee. Keeping in thoughts the geographical situations of Jaisalmer, these saplings primarily included Neem, Khejri, Rohida, Kumat, Tamarind, Karanja and Ber.
ETF has been planting timber since 1997
The 128th Infantry Corps of the Territorial Army, often known as the Eco Task Force, has planted practically 2 crore saplings on 20,000 hectares of land in 26 years. This Corps additionally takes care of those saplings for 4 years after planting. Every yr, 10% of the saplings get broken throughout plantation. But because of their exhausting work, 90% of the saplings take the type of timber.
