Sensing the struggling
state of the environment and bio-diversity, Missionaries Khudai-Khidmatgaran,
initiated an event to save nature, where they carried out an extensive
plantation drive in the holy city of Amritsar. The drive was joined by various
NGOs, environmental activists and students of Government ITI, Ranjit Avenue,
who were educated about the current situation of the state and motivated to
plant different varieties of tree, shrubs and medicinal plants on the premises.
Highlighting the
benefits of planting trees, and preventing harm to nature, the organization
planted four Peepal trees, four Kanak-Champas, a tree of the fourth Veda, eight
Pilkans, a mango tree, a beri tree and white ciris, to recover the green
cover.Emphasis on the revival of the environment to save the health of the
ecosystem of the region was laid on.Punjab, along with Northern India, has been
witnessing frequent rainfall and thundershowers, which have softened the soil
and allowed the environmentalists to start pitting plants. With more than 20,000
plants in stock to be sowed in the civil, the BSF and the Army areas, people
have also volunteered to help maintain these plants by contributing Rs 11,000
from their salary every month. Prakash Singh Bhatti, of the drive's
environmental organization, is busy working on five other projects in Tibri,
Faridkot, Khassa, BSF and Amritsar city, with the help of top-notch machinery
worth Rs 24 lakhs. Contributions and generous donations from the citizens help
in maintenance costs, as more and more people are realizing that greenery is
not a luxury but a necessity.He further discussed their contributions towards
saving water, controlling pollution and preserving nature by planting thousands
of trees, plants, shrubs, creepers and climbers all over in northern Indian
states, BSF and military areas.
As the institution
enters their 48th years of service as conservators of nature, they have already
planted 16800 plants in areas under Amritsar Improvement Trust, New Amritsar
and along the bypass road, 5000 plants in BSF and 7500 in Army areas; in the
last year. Inviting the public to see these plants grow, and maintaining 80 per
cent results, the institution will continue to look after them and water them.
Promising to replace the dead plants by July, they also swear to bring the
16,800 figure of last season, once again, to the soil.Highlighting the
importance of protecting natural habitat, the organizations also focused on the
prohibition of deforestation.The balance of nature has been seriously disturbed
and the institution is coming up with thoughtful and carefully constructed
plans to restore it.Due to the overexploitation of nature, the institution is
concerned as many people depend entirely on the continued availability of
natural resources for fuel, food and medicines, and the depletion of such
resources is harming the human livelihood.
Even the public
must cooperate and present the new generations with a healthy green
environment.The institution has stepped up in taking an initiative to extend
their efforts towards the saving and protecting of biodiversity and hopefully
the measures taken by them will be fruitful for nature and society.The event
also saw the presence of District Forest Officer S Sagar, Sandeep Rishi,
Chairman, Amritsar Improvement Trust and several other volunteers.
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