Group plants 200 mangrove saplings to mark Environment Day

(Front, from left) Sharifah Zakiah, Phee and Faisal preparing to plant the mangrove saplings at the mangrove research centre near Nibong Tebal. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

ROLLING up their sleeves, some 60 people took part in a programme to plant 200 mangrove saplings in conjunction with the state-level National Environment Day 2021.

They were employees and volunteers of Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd (JKSB), Penang state Environment Department (JASNPP) and Penang Inshore Fishermen Welfare Association (Pifwa).The mangrove planting event was one of JKSB’s main pillars of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, which is to care for the environment.