© 2012 Cairn India Limited

World Environment Day Celebrations

June 05, 2012

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Environment Awareness Campaign

Cairn Enterprise Centre | Barmer | Rajasthan

An Environment awareness campaign was

launched from Cairn Enterprise Centre in

collaboration with Department of Forest, ICDS &

UNGCP.

Highlights:

Awareness session on the need of urgent action

to conserve trees & water.

Information on avoidance of the usage of plastic

bags and various schemes of the government on

agriculture and soil up-gradation.

More than 400 women from local and surrounding

villages of Barmer along with community leaders

participated in the program.

The program included a quiz competition for women

on environment, exhibition of articles made from

plastic waste, street play on environment and sapling

plantation. Plantation outside ITI campus was also

undertaken.

Dignitaries from local and district administration

appreciated Cairn use of latest technologies which

contribute to low environment footprint.

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Walking for the Cause – “Green Economy”

RGT | Rajasthan

World Environment Day was celebrated at RGT area

with a “Walking for the Cause – Green Economy” in

which around 60 people actively walked from RGT for

about 6 Km.

Community meeting, drawing and slogan writing

competition was organized at Govt. Upper Primary

School – Dhandlawas.

Highlights :

Around 300 people volunteered in the activities.

150 saplings (Neem, Peepal and Kalpatru) were

provided to children, women and farmers

70 children actively participated in the drawing

and slogan writing competition on “Green and

Healthy Environment”.

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs were given to local

villagers and key stakeholders to promote “Power

Saving”.

Local people along with members from the Gram

Panchayat and School teachers acknowledged

Cairn’s various community centric development

activities and requested to extend the support for

plantation during beginning of this year’s monsoon.

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Plantation Drive on World Environment Day

Sanchore | Rajasthan

Planted saplings at Sanchore Office premise, AGI 6

to 8 and Khirodi village of AGI 7.

Key Objective was to plant as many saplings as

possible.

With the support of farmers, it was also proposed to

plant many more saplings in and around AGIs during

monsoon especially fruit trees which would be serving

dual purposes.

Various representatives from local and district

administration, and various other community

members were present on the event.