Chami Murmu

Chami Murmu (born c. 1973) is known for plantings trees in India. When she was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar award in 2020 she had been involved with planting 2,500,000 trees.

Chami Murmu
Bornc. 1973
Panaji, Goa, India
Known forarranging to plant 2.5m saplings

Life

Murmu was born about 1973,[1] she is from Bagraisai village in Rajnagar block of the Seraikela Kharsawan district.[2]

In about 1996, Murmu began to plant trees. Over the next 24 years she was involved with planting 2.5 million trees.[1] These trees are saplings around her village that are required to replace trees that have been felled by "mafia". They are working despite the troubles with Naxalites. In 2020 she was the secretary from an organisation, Sahayogi Mahila Bagraisai, that champions her work and it has 3,000 members[2]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Nari Shakti Awardees on International Women's Day in 2020.

In March 2020 Murmu was in New Delhi on International Women's Day where the President Kovind presented twelve Nari Shakti Puraskar awards and Murmu was one of those chosen.[3] Later that month Murmu announced that she and Jamuna Tudu were to join forces to protect Jharkhand's forests. They were called "the Lady Tarzans" in the press. Jamuna Tuda has 300 members in her organisation and together they hope to find more synergy.[2]

Awards
  • Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra award, 1996
  • Nari Shakti, 2020

References
  1. Engl, India New; News (2020-03-09). "Chami Murmu: Jharkhand's green warrior among Nari Shakti awardees". INDIA New England News. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. "Green warriors to join forces". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  3. "President Kovind presents the Nari Shakti Puraskar on International Women's Day in New Delhi". YouTube. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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