JAMMU: JMC Commissioner Ms Mandeep Kour IAS and Ms Roop Avtar Kour IFS, Regional Director Social forestry in presence of Principal Woman College Ms Kiran Balshi , SDM South Sonu Pargal, S P South Sh Sajjad Salaria, Forest Officer Sh Shiv Dev Singh, Retd Brigadier Uttam Singh Chib & environmentlist Sh Bushan Parimo, inaugurated the plantation drive initiated by RTI Activist S. Balvinder Singh, with the coordination of Red Cross unit of the college headed by Prof Ashique Mohd.
Commissioner JMC Mandeep Kour IAS and Ms Roop Avtar Kour IFS appreciated the role of Activist for organizing plantation drive in different colleges of Jammu city. Comm JMC said that JMC is also planning to plant 10,000 plants very soon as trees plays an important role in protecting and preserving the environmental and ecological balance. Regional director Social Forestry Ms Roop Avtar Kour IFS said that plants ensures healthy and hygienic environment in the surroundings.
Mr Singh while interacting with the students, especially the new entrants, asked them to adopt one plant each and take care of it during their three years stay in the college. Singh further said that he will access the growth of the trees adopted by each student and shall suitably award the student whose adopted plant grew well amongst all. Mr Singh said that the purpose of the plantation in the educational institutes is to bring awareness among the students to grow more and more plants for the pleasant and safe environment and to combat the environmental pollution. Others who were present there included S. Sharanjit Singh, Prof Surinder Sharma, Prof Sunil Uppal, Prof Sudhanshu Sharma.