Mangaluru: MRPL inks MoU with Forest Department to green coastal region
MRPL to spend Rs 1.45 crore to support coastal afforestation
Mangaluru, Mar 6: The public sector Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has joined hands with Karnataka Forest Department to support the afforestation in the coastal region.
Under the project, MRPL would assist the departments initiative towards the plantation project atTannirbhavi village near Bengre, a deemed forest area near here.
The public sector undertaking (PSU) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Forest Department agreeing to extend financial support to the tune of Rs 1.45 crore excluding taxes.
A total of 4,000 trees of various species are planned to be planted, covering an area of 10 hectares.
MRPL has taken up this project under its corporate environment responsibility project.
The PSU would also assist the Forest Department by supporting its seashore afforestation mitigation measures.
The sandy beach soil would be replaced with fresh red soil, shade net would be provided at the seashore area for salted sea breeze control, water for seedlings and trees also would be arranged at Bengre for supporting the growth of trees and plants.
These initiatives of MRPL are expected to help the Forest Department combat the menace of coastal deforestation and would benefit the region to strengthen the environment to reduce the ill-effects of climate change.
The project is planned to have a timeline till 2025 for completion, a press release here said.
MRPL signed MoU with Karnataka Forest to implement the Afforestation Forest Project in Tannirbhavi, Mangaluru under our Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER) Activity@ONGC_ @HPCL @PetroleumMin @dpradhanbjp @drvkarikalan @moefcc @PrakashJavdekar @aranya_kfd
— MRPL-ONGC (@MRPL_CC) March 6, 2021
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
