The State Government would sympathetically consider the request to grant extension of Battalion Headquarter 133 INF BN (TA) Eco Dogra upto March, 2021. This was stated by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while interacting with Director General of Territorial Army, Integrated Headquarter, Ministry of Defence Lt. General DP Pandey AVSM, VSM here today.
Lt. General Pandey apprised the Chief Minister that the objective of Eco Task Force was to carry out plantation/afforestation on the land allotted by the State Forest Department in the State. He said that plantation on an average 400 hectare area was being carried out every year by the Force.
Additional Chief Secretary Forest Sanjay Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary Finance Prabodh Saxena, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister J.C. Sharma and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.