Bhasmey Samaj treats water source to plantation drive

GANGTOK, 19 June: A tree plantation drive was carried out at Kerabari, Upper Lampathey and Lower Lampathey water source of Bhasmey village by Tanquadars of Bhasmey Samaj of Majhitar here in East Sikkim.
The drive was coordinated by advisors of the Samaj, Suresh K. Lama and Hem Kumar Gurung.
The main motive behind undertaking the plantation drive at the said venue was to supplement and nurture the water source of Majhitar and surrounding villages.
Water scarcity has already begun hurting these areas under the combined pressure of increased population and reduced discharge from the source. Plantation drives such as these, the stakeholders hope, will sustain the water sinks and help replenish them.
Around 500 saplings of Lampathey, Kaijaley and Dhokrey flowers were planted at these sources as part of the Paryavaran Mahotsav fortnight underway in the State
Hem Kumar Gurung, one of the advisors of the Samaj, also sponsored the appointment of a local unemployed youth as a caretaker for the sources on a monthly retainership.