The World Environment Day was celebrated at BHEL here on Thursday.
Presiding over the function, A.V.Krishnan, Executive Director, BHEL, stressed the importance of optimum utilisation of all resources including raw materials, electricity, fuels, paints, paper, wood, electrodes and other consumables.
R.Lakshmi, District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, the chief guest, said that everyone should strive to conserve water and other natural resources. Underlining the importance of harvesting rain water, she said that it prevents water shortage in summer. Ms. Lakshmi released a booklet on “Environmental Management” and T.Chockalingam, General Manager-Finance, received the first copy. Employees and officers of the Indian Oil Corporation’s Tiruchi terminal observed the World Environment Day by planting saplings at the terminal campus at Vazhavanthankottai.
The employees also took a pledge to protect the environment.
THANJAVUR: Planting of saplings is the best service one can do to humanity, said N. Subbaiyan, District Collector, here on Thursday.
He inaugurated the planting of two lakh saplings to mark the World Environment Day by the Isha Yoga centre by planting and distributing saplings at Sooriyampatti village in Thanjavur taluk. He distributed saplings to students and farmers.
He appreciated the Isha Yoga Centre for greening Thanjavur. “Ten per cent of land in Thanjavur is without green cover. Entire Thanjavur should become green”, the Collector said. K.Selvaraj, District Forest Officer, and V.Thamizharasu, Chief Educational Officer, were present.
Naval DetachmentThe Indian Naval Detachment at Mallipattinam village on the coastal belt of Thanjavur district organised a clean up campaign as part of World Environment Day on Thursday. In a release on Thursday, the Officer-in-Charge, Naval Detachment, Mallipattinam, said that Naval Personnel, Marine Police, and a large number of locals participated in the campaign. The campaign was organised under the aegis of Commodore AK Mahadevan, Naval Officer-in Charge (Tamil Nadu & Puducherry).
