ASSAM: SONOWAL CALLS FOR PLASTIC FREE STATE ON ENVIRONMENT DAY

On the occasion World Enivornment Day CM Sarbananda Sonowal pleged to make the State to increase its forest cover. Speaking on the occasion of World Environment Day, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the people of Assam to work towards becoming a plastic free state. The Chief Minister also said that his government was committed to increase the depleted forest cover of Assam, and has made special budgetary provisions to work towards meeting the target.

The Chief Minister inaugurated the state level World Environment Day celebrations at Digboi, and also laid the foundation stone for the Interpretation Centre cum Museum. The centre will focus on forest conservation in Assam, which has one of India’s richest forest covers, but has struggled with depletion in the recent past. Winners, who participated in the art and essay competitions held as part of the state’s World Environment Day celebrations, were given prizes. They were also presented with saplings and asked to plant and look after them. Speaking about the challenges faced to conserve the state’s ecology, the Chief Minister urged every citizen of Assam to plant at least 10 saplings every year and Green Assam mission a movement with mass citizen participation. The Chief Minister himself planted saplings at Digboi’s Bonapani-based Arboretum.