SCCL marks World Environment Day with plantation drive
SCCL Chairman and Managing Director Dr Buddhaprakash Jyoti marked World Environment Day by planting saplings and urging people to reduce plastic usage, plant more trees and promote greenery. Plantation drives, awareness programmes and competitions were organised across all SCCL areas.
Peddapalli: The Chairman and Managing Director of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), Dr Buddhaprakash Jyoti, called upon people to contribute towards the protection of Mother Earth through environmental awareness by reducing plastic usage, planting more trees and promoting greenery.
On the occasion of World Environment Day, he planted saplings at Singareni Bhavan in Hyderabad on Friday.
Addressing SCCL employees, he urged them to adopt environmentally responsible practices both in their professional duties and personal lives. Subsequently, all participants took an environmental protection pledge.
Dr Buddhaprakash Jyoti also distributed prizes to the winners of the essay-writing, elocution and quiz competitions conducted as part of the World Environment Day celebrations.
World Environment Day was also observed across all SCCL areas, where plantation programmes and awareness activities were conducted at several locations.
