KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, July 20: Management of Mangilal Rungta School, Chaibasa in co-operation with a socio-religious organisation on Thursday organised a tree-plantation program involving school children at Chaibasa in West Singhbhum.
During the program which was aimed at creating awareness about environmental protection among the school children, the school authority provided saplings of fruit-bearing trees to the children.
Each student was given a sapling which is to be planted at his or her residential premises and to be reared properly.
The private school that organised the program is Mangilal Rungta School which is a plus-two level school having an enrollment of over 1000 students starting from the primary level.
A function was held during the assembly period of the school in the morning when the students were given the saplings.
Speaking on the occasion, the school principal Shilpa Gupta said more and more tree plantation has become an urgent need now as our planet is getting bereft of green cover rapidly as the world is getting increasingly industrialised.
“Large-scale tree-felling is on for setting industries, endangering the environment. Tomorrow we will find it difficult to breathe in the absence of oxygen which is generated from the green cover only. For protecting the environment, we have to resort to tree plantation in large numbers, ” Shilpa Gupta said addressing the students at the function.
The principal informed that the tree plantation drive by the Mangilal Rungta School was launched in 2016 and that as of now thousands of saplings have been planted since then.
Anuj Kumar Chakravarti, who is a key functionary of the socio-religious organisation, Gayatri Parivaar, urged the students to rear the tree at home like pets are taken care of.
“Each of the saplings must be planted at proper place and must be reared carefully. Not only that each plant must be given a name and you must talk to the plant regularly so that a strong bonding can be developed between the two, ” Chakravarti urged while trying to create awareness among the students about the value of trees and the environment.
About 1,000 students attended the program and each of them were given a sapling of various fruit-bearing trees that include mango, guava, jackfruit.
