Tree plantation drive and Environment Awareness Week to mark celebration at MRSPTU
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
To mark the World Environment Day (June 5), a massive tree plantation drive was organized in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda on Friday. This drive was part of the Environmental Awareness Week which is being celebrated by the university.
MRSPTU, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Buta Singh Sidhu, Registrar, Dr. Gurinder Pal Singh Brar, GZSCCET, Campus director, Dr. Savina Bansal and senior officials of the university inaugurated the plantation drive and flagged off tractor-trailers carrying different varieties of trees for plantation in different villages and Bathinda city. Plantation was also carried out by different departments of the university in the campus premises on Friday.
NSS in-charge, Dr. Meenu said that the various varieties of plants including Sheesham, Amaltas, Gulmohar, Toot, Dek, Neem, Kachnar, Guava and Jamun etc. will be planted during the week.
Giving details, Dr. Meenu said that during the Awareness week, National Service Scheme (NSS), Programme officers, volunteers and environment friendly alumni of the Institute will take part in this initiative of environment concern. They will carry out plantation drives in Chak Bakhtu, Chak Fateh Singh Wala, Chak Ram Singh Wala, Kartarpur Thande, Lehra Mohabbat and Punjab Institute of Technology (PIT), Nandgarh .
June 5 has been celebrated as World Environment Day every year since 1972 when the United Nations General Assembly established this day on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. Two years later in 1974, World Environment Day was celebrated for the first time with the theme: “Only One Earth” and since then it is celebrated all over the world with full enthusiasm.
Prof. Buta Singh Sidhu expressed concern over the dire consequences of deforestation which is quite rampant in the current trends of urbanization, Industrialization and consumerism. He said the new generation should cultivate eco-friendly living as a culture.
“The pure air and water are the rights of the coming generation. No development is possible by destroying nature. Not only June 5, should every day be environmental protection day,” said Prof. Sidhu while urging everyone to make their living style and practice nature friendly by growing more and more trees. He lauded the efforts of NSS units in arranging such events of environmental protection and spreading the awareness among the students.
It is worthwhile to mention here that Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE) under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India selected MRSPTU with Swachhta Award under “One District One Green Champion” Award for clean green environment of the campus.
June 5,2021
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