Army celebrates International Day of Forests at 6 sq km manmade forest near Bhairabkunda

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Mangaldai: “The safety, honour and welfare of your country come first, always and every time, the honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command come next and your own ease, comfort and safety come last, always and every time,” referring the famous quote of Field Marshal Philip Chetwode and reiterating their commitment towards their fellow countrymen and in preservation of the green nature with the slogan ‘Sustain trees save India’ the 14 Garhwal Regiment of the Red Horns Army operating in Darrang and Udalguri district observed the sixth edition of the ‘International Day of Forests’ at the 6 sq km manmade forest created by ‘Gethsemane Joint Forest Management Committee’ near Bhairabkunda- along the Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan International border in Udalguri district on Thursday.

The Army unit led by its Commanding Officer Colonel Rahul Singh greeted the office bearers and members of the environment conservationist voluntary body in recognition of their yeoman service in conserving the nature by recreating the forest in the barren hard crust land.

Speaking on the occasion, Colonel Singh congratulated the members of nature organization including its adviser Esmail Daimary, President Prinson Daimary and Secretary Binod Goyari for their outstanding achievement in creating a forest cover in six square kilometer area of their own just when the area has been under the tremendous threat of alarming deforestation. The Army unit fulfilling the long need of voluntary society has donated few things used for nature conservation including a water pump set. The function was also attended by nature conservationist and senior journalist Bhargab Kr Das, Mayukh Goswami and President of Udalguri unit of AASU Abhijit Kashyap.

Members of Gethsemane JFMC namely Bimal Daimary, Jirimiya Daimary, Saranjit Basumatary and Suni Lal Boro also attended the function. It may be mentioned here that this made man forest- one of the successful concept of JFMC in the country is a home of several lakhs of trees of more than thirty four varieties flourishing together extending to an area of 600 hectares. The conservationist group has already been recognized by several awards including life time achievement award of Kaziranga Wild Life Society and award from Eastern Himalayan Conservation.

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