Dialog Axiata partners with Ministry of Environment to empower ‘Husma Dena Thuru’ initiative

Exchange of MoU by Dialog Axiata Senior General Manager Harsha Samaranayake (left) and Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera. Also seen are Ministry of Environment Secretary Dr. Anil Jasinghe and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Chairman Dr. Nihal Jayatilake 

In collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog) signed an MoU to empower the ‘Nakethata Palayak’ program under the ‘Husma Dena Thuru’ initiative, in lieu of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year. These two programs were initiated to create awareness and inculcate a culture of preservation and urban forestry across Sri Lankan homes.

The ‘Nakethata Palayak’ initiative aims to promote urban forestry at homes during this Sinhala and Tamil New Year, where if one home plants one seedling during the designated ‘tree planting’ auspicious time at 6:40 a.m. on 16 April, five million trees would be planted across the nation simultaneously. This initiative strives to invoke a sense of motivation, further uniting the citizens of Sri Lanka to work towards a common environmental goal for the betterment of the nation.

With climate change posing as a growing global threat, the ‘Husma Dena Thuru’ campaign was implemented by the Ministry of Environment, to increase the country’s forest density to 30% and with the objective to reduce the rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere while creating a healthy, habitable environment. The two initiatives will pave a path towards a greener community and healthier lifestyle for generations to come.