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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Two girls injured in separate wolf attacks in UP's Bahraich
Bahraich (UP) (PTI): Two minor girls were injured in separate incidents of wolf attacks in the Bahraich district, forest department officials said on Saturday.
In the first incident on Friday, Anushka Nishad (5), daughter of Baliram from Mallahanpurwa village, was sleeping alone inside her house when a wolf entered and tried to carry her away, they said.
Hearing her screams, family members and villagers rushed to the spot. The wolf left the child, hearing the commotion, and ran towards the fields. The girl sustained minor injuries from the animal's teeth, the officials said.
Divisional Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav described the attack as deliberate and cleverly planned, as it occurred precisely when Anushka's mother went out for a few moments.
On the same day, Nancy (4), daughter of Kamlesh Yadav, was playing outside her house in Baburi Tola village when a wolf suddenly attacked and dragged her away.
Villagers raised an alarm, and the wolf released the child and ran towards the sugarcane fields. The injured child was sent to the Kaiserganj Community Health Centre for treatment.
Divisional Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav told reporters that both attacks involved wolves, adding that the entire area is plagued by the animal's activity.
Since September 9, such attacks in the Bahraich district have claimed 10 lives, including eight children and an elderly couple, and injured dozens of people, the officials said.
District Magistrate Akshay Tripathi met the families of the victims on Friday and consoled them.
