Families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) held the third monsoon tree-growing ceremony 2024 near Yezin Dam in Zeyathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw on 27 September, attended by Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win and his wife Daw Than Than Nwe, Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Maung Maung Aye and his wife, senior military officers from the Office of the Commanderin-Chief and their wives, union level dignitaries and their wives, senior officer trainees from the National Defence College, officers and other ranks from the offices and departments of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) and families.
Speaking on the occasion, Chairman of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech the following points:
- Forests beautify the environment, creating advantages to humans and living beings. Hence, families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) and those from military command headquarters hold the monsoon tree-growing ceremonies yearly.
- Growing of trees and conservation of forests must be conducted continuously as a national vision.
- The Senior General recounted that he has given guidance to conduct necessary rehabilitation measures in Rakhine State and Bagan ancient cultural zone where faced flooding in the aftermath of cyclonic storm Mocha in 2023.
- The guidance was given to dredge ancient lakes to ensure better drainage system and proper flow of water in Bagan ancient cultural zone and improve water drainage system.
- As such, recent heavy rains caused lesser loss and damage in the zone thanks to systematic preparations.
- As gold panning, mining and extreme cutting of trees upstream of rivers and creeks in the country causes silting along the waterway and then it occurs sandbanks and raise bed level.
- Due to weakness in conservation of the waterways, silting in the rivers and creeks causes flooding and overflow of water.
- Recent heavy rains happened speedy flow of water from hilly regions along its route, causing loss and damage. It was the worst loss and damage among natural disasters in heavy rains of Myanmar.
- Perennial trees cannot benefit all immediately but can bring good results to new generations. Hence, in accord with the motto: “each tree must thrive”, individuals need to grow trees for thriving and officials need to manage further growth of plants.
The Senior General and his wife planted their respective samplings at the designated places together with the Vice-Senior General and his wife, the Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) and his wife, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, and union-level dignitaries and their wives, senior officer trainees from the National Defence College, officers, other ranks and families who also partook in the ceremony.
At the ceremony, they planted 900 teak saplings, 600 Mahogany saplings, 300 ironwood saplings and 600 gum-kino saplings, totalling 2,400. Tatmadaw including families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air), those from military command headquarters and regiments and units planted 221,573 saplings.
Families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) held tree-growing ceremonies 41 times from 2011 to the third ceremony in 2024 in growing 201,225 saplings of precious trees, perennial trees and windbreaks for conservation of natural environment and ecosystem around Yezin Dam, it is reported.
Source: MWD (28-9-2024)
- Forests beautify the environment, creating advantages to humans and living beings.
- Recent heavy rains happened speedy flow of water from hilly regions along its route, causing loss and damage. It was the worst loss and damage among natural disasters in heavy rains of Myanmar.
- At the ceremony, they planted 900 teak saplings, 600 Mahogany saplings, 300 ironwood saplings and 600 gum-kino saplings, totalling 2,400. Tatmadaw including families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air), those from military command headquarters and regiments and units planted 221,573 saplings.