CANACONA
Around 600 saplings of Ornamental Plants will now decorate the 6 km long Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Highway Divider.
According to sources, the successful plantations was carried out on Sunday, after several youth belonging to the Pagi community joined the initiative to plant saplings on the divider portion at a 2 km stretch on Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Highway from Talpona bridge to Galgibaga areas.
"We have already planted 580 saplings, by Sunday evening, after the initiative was started by the Dhuri family from Rajbhag-Tarir a week ago. The Dhuri family had themselves planted several saplings on this divider, and our community decided to extend this initiative and carried a mass plantation drive. Over 40 youth from the community as well as from other communities participated in the noble drive," informed Sanju Pagi, a former President of Akhil Goa Kshetriya Pagi Samaj (AGKPS).
AGKPS President Ashok A Dhuri, Secretary Sarvanand Kankonkar, Treasurer Prasad Pagui have mobilised the youth and also actively took part in the drive.
Kundan Dhuri, Sopan Dhuri, Pankaj Namshikar, Sapna Namshikar, Pritam Pagi are some of the other prominent community members who participated in the programme, which was widely appreciated in the taluka.
