05/06/2025
On the occasion of the 53rd World Environment Day, a prominent voluntary organisation of Baksa district, Manas Sousi Khonkhor Eco Tourism Society, organised a special event today. The programme was conducted at Madhupur, located within the Dihira Reserved Forest near the Indo-Bhutan border in the district.
The initiative began with a tree plantation drive, inaugurated by Baksa Divisional Forest Officer Pradeep Kumar Bhuyan. Following the inauguration, members of the organisation along with students from various schools planted over a thousand saplings.
After the plantation drive, an awareness meeting was held. The meeting, chaired by the president of the organisation, Bijoy Choudhury, was attended by Divisional Forest Officer Pradeep Kumar Bhuyan, FRO Batabari, Dr. Pranjal Bezbaruah from the Assam Science Technology and Environment Council, officers from the local SSB camp, representatives from WWF Manas landscape, local intellectuals, media personnel, students and more than two hundred local residents.