Eco-Club launches 4 month long plantation drive on International Environment Day 2012
Eco- Club of the Aligarh Muslim University launched a 4 months long plantation drive. Most of the organizations often spare only one day's time for the environment related issues. The Eco-Club of AMU has decided to carry on the drive for a period of 4 months to ensure that the planted tree saplings get the necessary care resume and resume within the monsoon season. The Plantation drive of Eco-Club has been inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Mr. Zameeruddin Shah by planting one tree sapling of Gul mohar (Delonix regia) at the house of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Mrs Sabiha Simi Shah (Mrs Vice Chancellor) also planted a tree sapling of Kachnar (Bauhinia variegata). Dr. Mohd Muazzam, Aditional Joint Secretary, MoEF, Govt of India, New Delhi took over the rest of the plantation drive. He along with his family members (wife and daughters) also planted few tree saplings at the site. Many more tree saplings were planted by Professor Abrar Hasan, Dept. of ENT, JNMC, Prof Anis Ansari, AK Tibbiya College, Prof M. Anis, Dept. of Botany and members of Eco-Club. Dr Muazzam has been Guest of Honour of Earth Day programme of the Eco-Club and promised to plant 100 trees on the occasion of Environment Day. He spared time and came again to Aligarh along with his family and participated in this Plantation Drive. Unfortunately, these days, the required weather conditions at Aligarh were not suitable for a larger plantation drive and a high mortality of saplings was expected. Therefore, the plantation drive was planned to be carried out in several spells and continued in the new academic session (beginning from August 2012). After reopening of the university a larger participation of students and staff is expected. In this session, the club shall also try to find out more student volunteers to look after the tree saplings planted by Land, Garden & Parks department of AMU and Eco-Club at number of places in the campus. This plantation drive of Eco- Club was fully sponsored and supported by the Land, Garden and Parks department, AMU. The Eco-Club acknowledges all the dignitaries for sparing their valuable time for the cause of environment and for their encouragement of the eco-volunteers.
