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A joint initiative to protect Saint Martin’s Island
United Nations Development Program and PRAN-RFL will work together to protect Saint Martin's Island. The two organisations have jointly undertaken an initiative, titled "Saint Martin's: Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Economy", in this regard.
Mohammed Solaiman Haider, director of the Department of Environment, inaugurated the initiative in Saint Martin's Island yesterday.
Kamruzzaman Kamal, marketing director at PRAN-RFL Group, said under this initiative, volunteers of PRAN-RFL will collect waste from the island and bring it to designated dumping stations where it will be compressed and brought to Teknaf by sea. It will then be brought to the recycling plant at Habiganj Industrial Park and Danga Industrial Park of PRAN-RFL and will be recycled.
Pure drinking water will be provided for the people of the island through rainwater harvesting and tree plantation programmes will be conducted in different parts of the island, he also said.
Dr Ramiz Uddin, head of experimentation at UNDP, said, "UNDP is always working to ensure a sustainable environment. At first, UNDP collected plastic waste on the island, but the work accelerated with the addition of the PRAN-RFL group."
Nurul Afser, head of corporate brand of PRAN-RFL Group; Sumaiya Tabassum Ahmed, head of sustainability; and Ahammad Ullah Kabir, data analytics officer of UNDP, were among others, present.
