SITARAIL, in collaboration with the technical services of the Ministry of the Environment, organized a reforestation day in Bérégadougou, this Saturday, August 3, 2024. With the active participation of administrative, customary, religious authorities and the local population, a total of 300 plants were planted underground and protected, thus responding to the call launched by the Burkinabe authorities, during the National Day of Trees (JNA), to make the country green on all ways.
« During the 2024 reforestation campaign, I invite all citizens living in Burkina Faso and Burkinabè abroad to a patriotic pledge. This commitment includes re-vegetating our land in every way so that there is a success rate of at least 70% of plants alive after the first two years of planting. he invited the President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim TRAORÉ, in his speech read by the Minister of Environment, Water and Sanitation, during the celebration of 6e edition of the National Tree Day (JNA) 2024 held on Saturday June 22, 2024 in Bobo-Dioulasso.
In response to this call from the President of Faso, SITARAIL organized, on Saturday August 3, 2024, a reforestation in Bérégadougou, in the Hauts Bassins region. On the site of the National Tree Day in the area, near the railway line, 300 plants were planted underground, thanks to a coordinated action between SITARAIL, the administrative, forestry and security authorities, and the people next to the river
The Department of the Environment of Bérégadougou, which provided technical and practical support for this tree planting day, wanted to thank the railway transport company for its valuable movement for the benefit of the environment. “Overall, the day of the reforestation went well, thanks to the authorities and the local numbers were mobilized. I am very grateful to SITARAIL for honoring his commitment and for making today’s reforestation a reality,” said Lieutenant Mariam Sia, head of the Bérégadougou Department of Environment.
This activity, which contributes to the greening of the Bérégadougou region and therefore, Burkina Faso, was supported by the administrative authorities with the effective presence of the 2.e the vice-president of the Special Delegation of the Bérégadougou command, Boubacar Sourabié, who did not welcome SITARAIL to his citizenship. ” This is an action to be welcomed. This is actually a civil action. We thank SITARAIL because it is a company that, through its actions, continues to support the society of Bérégadougou and we take as evidence one of the recent works in the area that made it possible to avoid a major flood. These are actions to be encouraged and all companies should follow in the footsteps of SITARAL. With reforestation like that, I invite young people to get involved in looking after these plants that have been planted underground».
The phone 2th The vice-president of the Special Mission of Bérégadougou has already received a favorable response among young people who, through the voice of Abdoulaye Kabré, are committed to ensuring the protection and monitoring of trees planted so that they will benefit the generations to come ” We are delighted with the SITARAIL move. We are together and we will stay together. We hope to have a second edition next year. We are committed to looking after the buried trees today. If it were possible to fence the site, that would also make our job easier. » he said.
For Adama Ouattara, Bobo Dioulasso Services Coordinator, “ SITARAIL, as a corporate citizen who is determined to preserve the environment, works and continues to work with technical services, and with local numbers on the railway for a pleasant living environment and green, the icon of rail transport ».
This tree planting operation ended with words of thanks and positive blessings from the village head of Bérégadougou, who was also present at the ceremony. “As the head of the town of Bérégadougou, I was very happy to welcome you for this noble action. I was very pleased with your approach and initiative. May God bring you back in good health and watch over our country Burkina Faso.”
As a reminder, SITARAIL (International African Transport Company by Rail) is a railway subsidiary of AGL (Africa Global Logistics) which has been operating, since August 1995, the railway connecting Abidjan (Ivory Coast ) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). It carries an average of 1,000,000 tonnes of goods per year. Since May 20, 2024, SITARAIL has been certified by ISO 9001 version 2015 for its activity “Rail freight transport”, by the audit company Apave. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the company carried 200,000 passengers annually. SITARAIL employs approximately 1,500 direct workers and generates 3,000 indirect jobs through subcontracted companies. It is, thanks to its activity and what it has done for health, education and the environment, an essential vector of socio-economic development and regional integration in West Africa.
Joshua Bonkoungou
