Sant Nirankari Mission organizes Tree Plantation and Cleanliness Drive
Bureau/ royalpatiala.in/ New Delhi
The Sant Nirankari Mission organized today a mega Tree Plantation and Cleanliness Drive throughout the country and also abroad, to commemorate its former Spiritual Head Baba Hardev Singh Ji’s 65th Birth Anniversary. Baba Ji often said: Pradushan Bahar Ho Ya Andar, Dono Hanikarak Hain i.e., “Pollution whether outside or within, both are harmful.”
Organized under the auspices of the Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation, a socio-charitable wing of the Mission, the campaign included 765, Government Hospitals across the country. Nearly 3 lakh volunteers from the Foundation, Sewa dal members and other devotees of the Mission are expected to have participated in the drive. Last year, the Mission cleaned 664 Government Hospitals across the country.
Many branches of the Mission have adopted the parks near their Satsang Bhawans for regular development and beautification.Where there are no hospitals the emphasis was on the cleanliness of these parks and Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawans along with tree plantation.
At every centre, volunteers of the Foundation and members of the Sewadal came in their respective uniforms,while other devotees also joined them. All assembled at the assigned venue at 7.30 am and spread out for the campaign after Sumiran and prayer. The campaign continued up to 12.00 noon. Special care was taken for the disposal of the garbage with necessary cooperation from the local authorities.
A total of 30,000 trees were planted in the Sant Nirankari Spiritual Complex, G.T. Road, Samalkha in Haryana and the four villages in the adjoining areas – Panchi Gujran, Patti Kalyana, Bhodwal Majri and Mandora, adopted by the Mission for their overall development since January 12, 2017 on the 60th Birthday of Mata Savinder Hardev Ji Maharaj along with a massive cleanliness drive in these areas.
Devotees of the Mission in 75 countries including USA, Canada, U.K., Europe, UAE, Australia and Africa also paid their humble homage to Baba Ji through tree plantation and cleanliness at public places. In USA, devotees are also reported to have organized, ‘Cancer Awareness Walk’ at New Jersey/New York, Houston, Chicago, Seattle and Atlanta.
Along with spiritual awakening, the Mission is devoting itself to the service of humanity in several ways. In April 2010, the Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation was set up to focus on these efforts better.The Mission’s ideology and beliefs encompass ‘Service to Humankind’ as an integral part of its faith for which the Foundation addresses itself to some real issuesof today related to health, education and empowerment of the youth and women. The Foundation acts with the vision of ‘living the spirit of service’ for which it engages individuals with an extraordinary spirit of selfless service. The Foundation envisions a world with smiles, a heaven where all humans are healthy, educated and self-dependent; and as such it would continue to strive to achieve these objectives.
As regards, Tree Plantation and Cleanliness Drive, it has been carried by the Mission regularly on February 23, since 2003. In recent years, various historical monuments, beaches and river banks, hospitals, railway stations and other public places have been focused in particular.
