On the occasion of World Environment Day, Navy today set itself a goal of reducing paper consumption at all its establishments by 10 per cent this year while the Army planted one lakh saplings in Kumaon hills in record 19 minutes.
According to a statement by Navy, a naval establishment has achieved a 30 per cent reduction in the use of paper by leveraging technology for automation in office work.
"The Navy has now set upon itself a goal of 10 per cent reduction of paper consumption in all its establishments this year," a statement by the Navy said.
Similarly, with the use of energy efficient electrical appliances, increased usage of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar and sensitisation of its large workforce, 10 per cent reduction in daily power consumption was achieved, which is now planned to be translated to a 3-5 per cent reduction in overall annual power consumption, it added.
Meanwhile, keeping the tradition of celebrating World Environment Day, 130 Infantry Battalion of Territorial Army Eco KUMAON and Kokuyo Camlin Ltd organised 'Camlin Green India Challenge - 2015', an initiative of planting trees to conserve the environment.
With the degradation of the environment on the rampage, Ecological Territorial Army units were raised to counter the deforestation within our country.
The above mentioned unit has afforested an area of over 15000 hectares by planting 160 lakhs of saplings and boosts of a survival rate of over 65 per cent, an Army statement said.
"On this day one lakh saplings of 13 local varieties were planted in (Uttarakhand) with the help of 6,000 school children, over 900 civil and military dignitaries in a record time of 19 minutes," it added.
