SRINAGAR: The Urban Forestry Division of J&K Forest Department today organized a plantation programme at Army Goodwill School Hanzik Sharifabad, Srinagar. The drive was organized in collaboration with management of the School.
The aim of the drive was to create awareness among students about importance of conserving forests, eco-system. On the occasion students, teachers, Forest Officers and officers from Army Camp Sharifabad took an active part and planted saplings.
Interacting with the students and staff, the Chief Guest Zubair Ahmad Shah, Conservator of Forests, Srinagar Circle highlighted the need to preserve environment and ecology. The event concluded with planting conifer seedlings within the school premises as well as distribution of saplings, free of cost, among the students.