World Environment day was celebrated in the ageis of JK Paper Mills by
planting saplings of shade and fruit bearings. The newly joined Mr.
ML. Thapar, Vice President (Commercial.) of JK Paper Ltd. Ratagada
said during the occasion that Todays envornment is getting warmer only
because of unmanaged natural resources by the human kind. No single
unit or community can be blamed for the environmental degradation.
Even though we are a paper industiry as on date we are using raw
materials grown by the farmers. Nearly 80% of our raw material (Pulp
wood) is raised by the farmers with support from the Central Forest
Office of our Organisation. It is a great matter of concern to all the
industries to grow more and more of Plantations around to enrich the
environment and the Economic strength of the rural mass. By taking up
our plantations people are benefitedin two ways i.e The environment is
safguarded at the same time as we purchase the produce of the
plantations in huge quantity the economic standards of the people also
increase considerably. He requested all the participants to grow
plantations in their backyard, boundaries, unused lands and so on.
Sri A.K. Harichandan, CGM CTS of JK Paper Mills and Sr. Officials of
Central Forest office planted 500 saplings in the vicinity of the
mills.
Mr. S Mohanty, Manager (Env) of JK Paper Mills organised the programme
rendred vote of thanks to the gateherings
