On the National Voters' Day (25 January) this year the Vetiver was planted by Srpriya Rengarajan, IAS, District Collector of Hooghly at Udna village for the first time in the history of West Bengal with a view to preventing soil erosion from the river embankment. Today a high level expert committee comprsing of Shantanoo Bhattacharyya, Hony. Director of the Eastern India Vetiver Network, Ramen Karmakar, Sub-divisional Officer of Irrigation and Suprabhat Chatterjee, WBCS (Exe), Block Development Officer of Khanakul -1 visited 400 mts long planted area and epxpressed satisfaction about the growth rate of the plant. Now toe line touching the river water will be managed by planting different types of Ipomoeas which can be survived even when they are under water for weeks.
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