TSPL undertakes Massive Plantation Drive; launched campaign against Single Use Plastic
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), the largest thermal power plant in Punjab kicked off a massive plantation drive and launched acampaign against Single Use Plastic(SUP) on World Environment Day. Gurmeet Singh, Environmental Engineer, PPCB – Regional office, Bathinda & . Ravideep Singla – SDO, PPCB, Regional Office Bathinda flagged off the campaign &participated in the plantation drive in the presence of Pankaj Sharma, COO – TSPL and other senior officials of TSPL.
TSPL is home to a forest of 4 lakh trees in its ~900 acres & has also been awarded the ‘Guinness World Record’ for planting over 2 lakh trees simultaneously at a single location. TSPL regularly undertakesplantation drives&according to India’s State of Forest Reports 2021,these plantation drives have contributed to 84.4% of forest cover across the entire districtcovering over 968 acres of land.
Gurmeet Singh, Executive Engineer – PPCB said “I take this opportunity to thank TSPL management for this endeavor and for various sustainable initiatives ensuring ecologically sound operations catalyzing positive change & demonstrating care for the communities in the vicinity. Such endearing partnerships can really propel the state’s progress to create new benchmarks. TSPL had recently developed a Miyawaki mini forest at a periphery village which is a unique initiative in the region.“
Ravideep Singla, SDO – PPCB, Mansa said “TSPL has always supported regional sustainability initiatives & it gives me immense pleasure to be part of this highly effective, incredible effort towards afforestation in the district. TSPL has always been championing causes of CER (Corporate Environmental Responsibility) in various aspectsthat brings about positive impact in the region. Corporates generally always take up causes that affect their operations but TSPL always goes above & beyond their call of duty. It is heartening to note an array of several such sustainable initiatives taken up by the biggest power plant in Punjab.”
TSPL undertakes Massive Plantation Drive; launched campaign against Single Use Plastic . Speaking about the drive and TSPL’s intervention in the area, Pankaj Sharma, COO – TSPL said, “Vedanta TSPL has pro-actively been at the forefront, spearheading meaningful, impactful, sustainable transformation for holistic socio-economic development of the region. TSPL believes in continual efforts and on the occasion of ‘World environment Day’.
This year we are focused on creating awareness against the use of SUP. The weeklong celebrations comprised of awareness session at schools inter-alia poster making etc.besidesinstalling Single use plastic.We renew our commitment towards our planet hope to serve all the future generation to come.”
June 6,2022
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