{"id":103403,"date":"2025-06-12T22:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=103403"},"modified":"2025-06-12T22:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:21:56","slug":"mla-viresh-borkar-organised-plant-distribution-drive-in-goa-velha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=103403","title":{"rendered":"MLA Viresh Borkar organised Plant distribution drive in Goa Velha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\":vf\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":ve\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar : MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party spearheaded a vibrant Plant Distribution Drive in collaboration with the Goa Velha Panchayat and local volunteers this week. The event, held in the heart of the village, saw enthusiastic participation from residents, who expressed gratitude and warmly welcomed the MLA for his environmental initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Addressing the gathering, Borkar emphasized the urgent need to protect Goa\u2019s green cover. \u201cMany trees are being cut and burned across Goa. We must stop this destruction and work together to grow more plants,\u201d he urged, highlighting the increasing threats to the state\u2019s natural environment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103379\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13.06.2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The drive comes amid growing concerns over rapid land use changes and deforestation in Goa, with activists and citizens calling for stronger conservation measures. Borkar, who has previously submitted a private member\u2019s bill on land protection and conservation in the state assembly, reiterated his commitment to safeguarding Goa\u2019s ecological heritage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Local leaders and volunteers echoed Borkar\u2019s message, stressing the importance of community participation in environmental protection efforts. The event concluded with the distribution of saplings and a collective pledge to nurture a greener Goa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yj6qo\">\n<p class=\"adL\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\":ul\" class=\"hq gt\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party spearheaded a vibrant Plant Distribution Drive in collaboration with the Goa Velha Panchayat and local volunteers this week. The event, held in the heart of the village, saw enthusiastic participation from residents, who expressed gratitude and warmly welcomed the MLA for his environmental initiative. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":103404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-103403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6","category-155","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103405,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103403\/revisions\/103405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}