– More than 15000 saplings planted in a single day across the Steel Township and Steel Plant
SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) organized massive plantation drive on 17th September, 2025 to mark the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign. The campaign witnessed plantation of more than 15000 saplings in a single day at various locations inside the plant and Township areas.
Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge, SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) with the additional charge of DIC, Bokaro Steel Plant planted a sapling at Sintering Plant-III in the morning to flag off the drive. He was accompanied by Mr. Tarun Misra ED (HR), Mr. Biswaranjan Palai, ED (Works), Mr. Anil Kumar, ED (MM), Mr. M P Singh, ED (Mines, OGOM-CMLO), Mr. Sudip PalChowdhury, ED (Projects), Mr. Rajesh Dasgupta, CGM (F&A), Dr. Jayant Kumar Acharya, CMO In-charge (M&HS) and many other senior officers of the Plant. All the senior officers also planted saplings on the occasion. Around 250 saplings were planted in the SP-3 area during the drive.
Special plantation drives were carried out in different locations including Lagoon area, Raw Material Handling Plant (RMHP) area, Silicon Steel Mill (SSM) area, Sintering Plant-2 (SP-2) area, HR RM &T office, Mines, Stock yards and in Steel Township.
In a similar drive organized near the Mines Transit House, Sector-19, Mr. M P Singh, ED (Mines) led the campaign and planted a sapling to mark the occasion. Senior Officers and employees of Odisha Group of Mines participated in the campaign.
Another massive plantation drive was organized at Sector -15, near Health Centre. A large number of school children participated in the campaign and planted saplings. Mr. B K Jojo, CGM (TE & horticulture) led the campaign along with other senior officers of Town Engineering department.
