Kotpad 20th Sept 2025: On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday, a nationwide initiative titled “One Person, One Tree” is being carried out with the goal of planting 75 lakh trees across the country. In alignment with this, various locations across Kotpad region have participated in the campaign.
As part of this, tree plantation activities were conducted in Kotpad Block, Dhamanahandi Panchayat, Kotpad Community Health Center (CHC) and several other places, where various species of saplings were planted under the ‘One Person, One Tree’ model.
Prominent attendees and participants included:
- Kotpad MLA, Mr. Rupu Bhattarai
- Kotpad NAC Executive Officer, Mr. Shankar Rao
- Kotpad BDO, Mrs. Sandhya Rani Samartha
- Block Chairperson, Mrs. Kamala Bhattarai
- Vice Chairperson, Mr. Tapan Panigrahi
Kotpad Forest Officer, Mr. Bidyut Biswas
along with forest staff members, Community Health Officer, Mr. Sarath Prasad Muni, Mr. Rameshwar Jena, MP Representative Mr. Pradeep Rath, MLA Representative Mrs. Sireen Mohanty, Mr. Chinu Mahapatra, Mr. Bikash Pattnaik, political workers, departmental staff, and health center employees.
All participants actively took part in tree plantation efforts.
Special attention was given to the Kotpad Community Health Center, where officials personally interacted with patients and discussed with health officers about providing appropriate treatment and ensuring early recovery.
Additionally, journalists and students from the Bharat Ratna Media Association in Kotpad also joined the program and participated in the tree plantation activities.