Port Blair, July 4: As part of the celebration of 75th Van Mahotsava-2024, a plantation programme was organized by DCF, Working Plan Division, Haddo under the Department of Environment & Forests Health and Wellness Center, Haddo today. Planting of fruit bearing/avenue plant species were carried out inside the premises of the Center. Shri Birendra Choudhary, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Dr. Helen, Medical Officer, In-charge Health and Wellness Center, Haddo, Internship Doctors, Paramedical Staff, Front-line-staff of DCF (WP) Office and others planted saplings inside the vicinity of Health and Wellness Center, Haddo.

The plantation programme aimed to disseminate the message of forests conservation and save the environment by planting trees to make the earth sustainable and to promote the importance of forests for maintaining ecological balance. About 25 seedlings were planted at Heath & Wellness Centre, Haddo near DCF (WP) Office, Haddo, Port Blair.