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Sunday, July 14, 2013

NGCP leads tree-planting for observance of Arbor Day

LEGAZPI CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- For the employees of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the five-kilometer off-road truck ride and hour-long trek to a watershed in Mt. Malaraya, Lipa, Batangas is a small price to pay in exchange for the survival of Philippine forests.

The tree-planting activity led by NGCP’s Environmental Management Division was conducted in support to the National Arbor Day celebration. Nine hundred twenty (920) tree seedlings were successfully planted by more than 80 employee-volunteers of NGCP’s Diliman Office who were assisted by the National Power Corporation (NPC) Makban personnel.

The tree seedlings, which included Kusibeng (Scientific name: Sapindus saponarea), Narra (Pterocarpus indicus), Acacia (Samanea saman), and Bani (Pongamia pinnata), were placed within NGCP’s one-hectare reforestation project site.

The project is also part of NGCP’s agreement with the National Power Corporation to replace trees that were cleared for the construction of the Lumban Extra High Voltage (EHV)- Bay 230 kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line Project.

“Protecting the environment is one advocacy that NGCP takes very seriously. We are constant supporters of the National Greening Program and we are also committed to make our operations as environmentally-sound as possible. Our reforestation program is one way of contributing to that advocacy,” affirmed Environmental Management Division Head Julia Echavez.

Simultaneous tree-planting activities were also conducted by the satellite offices of NGCP in San Fernando, La Union and Santo Tomas, Batangas. More regional and field offices of NGCP are expected to conduct their tree-planting session over the next few weeks.

NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid. It transmits high-voltage electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers, substations, and related assets.

NGCP’s regular maintenance activities and expansion projects aim to enhance the reliability and quality of electricity delivered to customers. (Nelson G. Bautista, NGCP) 

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