Members of CIMSTA, the training school of Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited, participated in a tree planting ceremony on the 19th of April on the auspicious occasion of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The tree planting ceremony, in line with the government’s National Tree Planting Programme, aimed at planting 1 million trees under the theme of “Hadena Ratata – Wadena Gasak.” The National Tree Planting Programme was launched in accordance with the environmental policy outlined in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election manifesto to increase the forest cover of the country from 29% to 32% within the next five years.
