JIS Features
Written by: Peta-Gay Hodges
Acting Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company, George Nicholson (left), hands a tree to be planted to President Elect of the University of the West Indies Mona Rotaract Club, Joshua Anderson (third left), at a tree-planting exercise on the Melrose Hill Bypass, on Saturday, May 22. Observing are members of the UWI Mona Rotaract Club.
Photo: Dave Reid
Residents of Hope Village in Manchester are expressing gratitude to the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) and its partners for making good on their commitment to replenish a fruit orchard in the community.
The event took place on International Day for Biological Diversity, which was observed on Saturday, May 22.
In an interview with
JIS News, Environmental Manager at NROCC, Errol Mortley, explained that the event was part of a bigger initiative where NROCC plans to plant 30,000 trees over the next four years.
He pointed out that the exercise, which took place along the Melrose Hill Bypass in the vicinity of Hope Village, was intended to replace trees that were destroyed during construction.
âOne of the concerns we had was that the bypass slightly encroached on an existing fruit orchard, and we thought that it would be in good faith if we partner with the Hope Village Community to replenish the orchard,â the Environmental Manager explained.