Police constable Raj Kumar Sarma plants 1,100 saplings on both sides of NH-15

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JAMUGURIHAT: An Assam Police constable Raj Kumar Sarma employed at 12th AP Battalion, Kusumtola, Jamugurihat, came up with a green challenge. The cop started his green mission on June 19 in front of the headquarters of the 12th AP Battalion. Naduar MLA Padma Hazarika inaugurated the noble mission in presence of the officials and staff of 12th AP Battalion, 5 Commando Battalion and the general public.

At the initial stage, constable Sarma chose the area from the historic Nagsankar Temple to Chowkighat bridge on the Jiya Bharali river covering 15 kms of road. He has planted 1100 medicinal plants such as Mahaneem and Arjun besides the NH-15.

Talking to this correspondent, Constable Sarma said that he would plant more saplings in the days to come. He has a dream of planting a total of 5000 trees alongside the NH-15 from Chowkighat river to Gohpur town covering 100 kms. He has planted 1100 saplings in 2025 so far, covering 15 kms and plans to plant 3900 plants covering the remaining 85 kms in 2026r.

When asked, why has he ventured on this mega green initiative, Sarma said that people had deforested the reserves in the name of industrialization and urbanization, but they forget to plant and nurture plants due to which there were drought-like situations, scarcity of rain, and spells of scorching heat. He said that he initiated the mission to set an example of nature conservation. He further added that he would look after each and every plant and shoulder the responsibility to grow each plant. During this green mission, Sarma has exhausted a sum of one lakh twenty three thousand rupees for green plastic nets, bamboo posts, and labour charges.

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