A ten-day plantation drive on the theme of “Save the Trees, Save the Earth: We are the Guardians of Nature’s Birth” by an NGO Ehsaas International in association with a group Rahim Greens, was held in various degree colleges, higher secondary schools and private and government schools and concluded on Tuesday.
The organizers of the drive said that the program was kick started on 21st March 2019 to 2nd April 2019.
“The program was concluded today in Government Degree College Sumbal Bandipora. Seminars was conducted in the DGC Sumbal wherein large number of student faculty and staff participated,” the organizers said.
While delivering a lecture Dr. (Prof.) M S Khan, Principal GDC urged students to take active participation in plantation drive.
Dr Khan talked about the importance of plantation and explained how carbon dioxide is inhaled by trees and also absorb various harmful gases including sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide and filter harmful pollutants from the atmosphere thereby providing us fresher and cleaner air to breath.
Abdul Hamid Bhat, Chairman Rahim Greens, who is a renowned philanthropist also shared his experience on how he is trying to create awareness and protection of the environment.
“I have planted as many as 1,80,000 trees, mostly pine, in different parts of the Kashmir valley since last few years,” Bhat said.
The seminar was followed by plantation drive in the college premises and adjoining areas.