RAJOURI: A drive under the theme "One Beat Guard One Village" was today conducted at village Dharamsal of Sunderbani Range by the Nowshera Forest Division. Rattan Paul, Sarpanch Panchyat Dharamsal, and other PRI members and a large number of villagers took part in the drive. Abdul Ghani Beat Guard Brevi conducted the drive with the help of Block Forest Officer Dharamsal, Ved Parkash and other staff members. A number of fruit, medicinal and fodder plants were planted on the occasion. Plants and seed balls of different species were also distributed among the participants.
Two more plantation drives under "One Beat Guard One Village" Programme were conducted in village Bal Shama of Panchyat Bal and village Siot Panchyat Upper Siot. Krishan Lal Sarpanch, Panchayat Bal and Kailash Rani , Sarpanch Siot along with PRIs members and other local public also participated in the plantation drive at their respective places.
Plants and seed balls of different species were planted and distributed among the participants. Both the plantation drives were conducted by Block Forest Officer, Sunderbani S. Rangeel Singh with active support of Yash Paul, beat guard Thandapani.
The Sarpanches PRI members and general public of the area lauded the efforts of Forest department for increasing the green cover of the area and thanked Vivek Verma, Conservator of Forests West Circle Rajouri , Neelima Shah, Divisional Forest Officer Nowshera and Rakesh Verma, Range Officer Sunderbani for organising the plantation drives for creation of awareness among the villagers about the importance of forest, soil and it's direct relation with the rainfall and other climatic factors which influence the farm productivity.
The drives were conducted under the direct supervision of Vivek Verma, Conservator of Forests West Circle Rajouri and Neelima Shah, Divisional Forest Officer Nowshera.