In
a well known quote by Warren Buffet, it is said “someone is sitting in the
shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”. This is true in
today’s scenario as greenery is required to balance the environment. The
students and teachers of Government Primary and Higher Secondary School at
Nattarasanpattu, Kundrathur block, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu put forth a request
to SRM Institute of Science & Technology for donation of plants, as there
are no shaded trees in their school ground.
On
26th February 2019, SRM Institute of Science & Technology
organized “Tree Plantation” at Nattarasanpattu Government Primary and Higher
Secondary School under the aegis of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, a flagship programme of
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India with aim to
accelerate development and growth in villages through participatory and
appropriate technologies. A team of 50 enthusiastic NSS student volunteers and
staff from Maintenance Department with required equipment, planting materials and
manpower visited the schools.
A whole day was dedicated to this event as it
required levelling the school ground with mud, followed by planting 28 saplings
of Albizia saman/rain tree and Peltophorum
pterocarpum/yellow flame tree, fencing and watering.
Through this
participatory process, local residents, students and teachers actively engaged
in cleanup of the school ground and tree planting. Under the instructions of Head
Master, the students volunteered to form groups and each group pledged to look
after and nurture one tree.
On
the same day, the students also took part in plastic awareness drives in the
vicinity of both the schools. This was in keeping with objectives of University
Grants Commission’s directive to make swachhata part of education and also
Swachh Bharat Mission to achieve clean India by 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019.
There were interactive sessions with
students on the importance of cleanliness, sanitation and greenery. They shared
their swachhata-related practices at school and home.
The students said “trees
are literally the source of life on this earth. They help preserve environment
by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and are also responsible for keeping
the air fresh and clean”
Link to
http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/tree-plantation-govt-primary-school-nattarasanpattu
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