Green Warriors: The Eco Task Force (TA) - Protecting India's Environment, Tree by Tree, Area by Area at a Time

Ecological Task Force (ETF) Battalions (TA) executes ecology-related projects like:

• afforestation related activities e.g. planting trees

• promoting the environment

• regeneration of ecology

• disaster mitigation

The Ecological Task Force (ETF) Battalions (TA) have arrested man-made environmental degradation by planting trees in Mussoorie hills and Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Bikaner and Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) and ravines of Chambal in Madhya Pradesh. and many more areas in the countryGreen Warriors: The Eco Task Force (TA) - Protecting India's Environment, One Tree at a Time

Who can join the Ecological Territorial Army?

Ex-servicemen from the region. ETF Battalions have been raised with the twin objectives of restoration of the fragile ecosystem and affording an excellent opportunity for Army Veterans

Which is the first Eco- TA Battalion?

The first Eco-TA, 127 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) GARHWAL RIFLES was raised on 01 Dec 1982.

Ecological Task Forces (Ecological Battalions)

• 127 Infantry Battalion (TA) Garhwal Rifles Eco - Dehradun, Uttarakhand

• 128 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajputana Rifles Eco - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

• 129 Infantry Battalion (TA) JAK LI Eco - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

• 130 Infantry Battalion (TA) Kumaon Eco - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

• 132 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajput Eco - New Delhi (Union Territory)

• 133 Infantry Battalion (TA) Dogra Eco - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

• 134 Infantry Battalion (TA) Assam Eco - Rangiya, Assam

• 135 Infantry Battalion (TA) Assam Eco - Tezpur, Assam

• 136 Infantry Battalion (TA) Mahar Eco - Aurangabad, Maharashtra

• 137 Composite Eco-Task Force Battalion (TA) 39 Gorkha Rifles - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh