Sandalwood plants to Defence Secretary

Justice Ministry Media Consultant Dulan Hettiarachchi presenting a Sandalwood plant to Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Touchwood Investment Company PLC CEO Channa Abeygunawardena and Asitha Korala look on.

The next stage of the "Sandun Arana National Programme" operating under the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry was recently launched under the guidance of Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Under this stage, Sandalwood plants will be planted on the three forces' camps.

According to the Red Data Book of the IUCN, Saldalwood is one of the plants that is under the threat of extinction. The "Sandun Arana National Programme" has taken the necessary steps to plant Sandalwood plants in various suitable places to protect this valuable plant. Nearly three hundred thousand plants have been planted under several projects all over the country.