Jaisalmer, a border district positioned on the Indo-Pak border, is understood for its sandy dunes. But now, to present 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 report on Sunday by planting greater than 5 lakh saplings in 1 hour in Jaisalmer. This program was organized on a big scale with the intention of constructing 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 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 folks of Jaisalmer additionally participated on this program. All the folks 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 taking part on this marketing campaign for a very long time. Let us let you know that the earlier world report was of planting 3 lakh 31 thousand saplings in 1 hour. This time a world report has been made by planting 5 lakh saplings. After planting the saplings, this report might be registered within the World Book of Records.
Jaisalmer has a particular id within the subject of tourism on the world stage. Every vacationer coming to Jaisalmer needs to see Gadisar. In such a state of affairs, a 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 folks of Jaisalmer metropolis additionally participated and about 5000 folks performed their half in finishing this report.
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 report. 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 price. Keeping in thoughts the geographical circumstances 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 almost 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 12 months, 10% of the saplings get broken throughout plantation. But as a consequence of their arduous work, 90% of the saplings take the type of timber.
