JANAKI, BANKE: Green activist Hement Raj Kaphale of Nepalgunj has been honored with an international award in Haryana of India.

He was honored with the ‘International Tree Man Award’ during the two-day international event organized by the Lex Foundation, concluding in Haryana on Monday.

The award acknowledges Kaphale’s outstanding contributions to ecological conservation and sustainable development, and it was presented to him by Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly, Mohan Lal Badoli

Kaphale is already a recipient of the Samarasta International Award India-2020, WWF Conservation Award-2021 and the Everest International Climate Action Award.

His green promotion initiatives involve germinating seeds of the Kalpavriksha (Banyan tree), received as gifts from outside the country, and nurturing them into saplings. These saplings are then planted in various religious sites across Banke.

Under the Kalpavrikshya campaign, he has already planted the trees in significant locations including Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Deuti Bajai in Surkhet, Chhatreshwori in Salyan, Swargadwari of Pyuthan and Hanumangadhi of Nepalgunj.

As he shared, he gifts nursery plants of Kalpavrikshya and sital chini (Moringa oleifera) to people on the special occasions of their birthdays.
Furthermore, he initiated a campaign to distribute Moringa plants and it has been getting wider recognition as the culture of planting the Moringa and Kalpavriksha is spreading beyond the border.

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