Imphal, Jun 25 (UNI) As a move to push forward the CM's Green Manipur Mission, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh today led a mass plantation drive inside Kangla.
Around 700 indigenous fruit bearing tree saplings were planted in the drive organised by Kangla Board in association with Department of Art and Culture, Department of Forest and Directorate of Environment. The Chief Minister named the new orchard as 'Nura Heikol'.
Chief Minister opined that Langol forest and Kangla are often regarded as the lungs of Imphal city because main oxygen supply to the capital city is done by the trees growing at these two places. The Government has a plan to grow more and more trees and develop thick forests at these two places and other areas, he added.