JAMMU: Rotary Club of Jammu City organised a Tree Plantation Programme in collaboration with Central University of Jammu at its campus at Bagla, Rahya Suchani, District Samba here today. Prof. Ashok Aima, Vice Chancellor, presided over the programme. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Aima underscored the importance of trees and environment in our lives and said that the upcoming campus needed more and more green cover and lots of trees in order to create a congenial atmosphere suitable for imparting quality education.
In a unique initiative, Prof. Aima asked all students to take ownership of at least one plant and said that each plant will have a tag attached to it with the name and Department of the student written on it. The respective student shall take possession of the plant and see it grow into a big tree. Accordingly, each plant was sown by a student with his/her name tagged on it.
Rtn. Ravinder Kaul, President, Rotary Club of Jammu City, congratulated Prof. Aima on his unique initiative and said that the Club would be bringing in more plants for sowing in the University till each student of the University had a plant in his/her name for taking ownership of the same. He said that this was only a beginning of a long and meaningful cooperation between the University and Rotary Club of Jammu City. He thanked the Engineering Wing of the University for facilitating the event.
Rtn.Sunil Kumar Sawhney, Secretary of the Club also spoke on the occasion. The Club Flag of Rotary Club of Jammu City was presented to the Vice Chancellor on the occasion. Those who attended the programme included Prof. H.S.Sehgal, R.P.Gupta, Executive Engineer, Bachha Babu, Asstt. Professor, Rtn. Adeeb Mehta, Rtn. Sanjeev Vaid, Rtn. Anil Gupta and Rtn. Sanjay Bansal.