"Know our Original Home and lets learn how to protect it",ABSU

Chepna,Manas NP.June 5: All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) organized World Environment Day inside Manas Tiger Reserve near Chepna NC in Baksa district on June 5 with a daylong programme.The programme was organized centrally by ABSU in association with Manas Maozigendri Eco-Tourism Society (MMETC) and forest department.A massive plantation programme of planting more than ten thousand fruit tree saplings were also done on the day in presence of several distinguished wildlife activists, government officials,woman,students and villagers.The event titled as "Pakhiram Plantation Programme"was organized to senstise people ofn healthy environment and to promote tree plantation.More than a thousand villagers participated in the plantation programme near India-Bhutan international border.Lawrence Islary,general secretary,ABSU welcome all the distinguished guests and participants in his welcome speech at 9 am followed by the morning prayer at 9.30 am lead by Maneswar Daimari, Advisor, ABSU. Keynote speech was delivered by Pramod Boro,president,ABSU at 9.30 am who also presided over the ceremony.Speaking on the occasion Boro said,"Our nature was so neat and clean before the new civilization started.We have destroyed so many things to build something for our pleasant living and so called modern civilization by putting our Mother Earth and nature in a threat.It is most important to preserve our environment in a healthy condition and work hard to return its original disposition. We talk of our various rights everyday,but never talk about the rights of nature and environment".He further said that human beings had been the most selfish among all the creatures.He expressed his displeasure saying that the beautiful landscape and pleasant atmosphere would disappear soon if people failed to take care of Mother Nature.The plantation ceremony was also addressed by Bikash Brahma,IFS, Rtd,PCCF, Assam;Citta Ranjan Bhobora,IFS,Rtd Conservator of Forest,Assam and presently working with WWT; Ritesh Bhattacharya, IFS,Rtd,Conservators of Forest,Assam; Dharanidhar Boro,OSD,Manas National Park and Jayanta Kumar Das,Hony.Wildlife Warden, Assam. Anip Basumatari,MCLA,BTC,Chapajuri inaugurated the tree plantation drive while Raghunath Boro,Deputy Field Director, Manas National Park;Dipen Boro,vice president,ABSU and career counsel,Ranjan Barua attended as the distinguished guests.