CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, Saharanpur's handicraft industry is famous all over the world for wooden decorative and other household essentials. Therefore, it is important that wood is available in the future, the entire population gets clean air, so trees should be planted in large numbers. This will not only increase greenery in the city, but there will also be good rain, which will make the residents of all areas, urban and rural, prosperous. This view was expressed by Saharanpur's Chief Development Officer, IAS Sumit Rajesh Mahajan in a tree plantation program organized at JV Jain Intercollege. The program was organized under the direction of Saharanpur DM, IAS Manish Bansal. In the program, Jal Prahari Climate Adaptation Project coordinator Anil Singh, Government Tel Chief Executive Officer Ameya Sathe also planted trees and told that this campaign has been organized under the name of Ek Ped Maa as per the instructions of the National Water Mission of the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Rakesh Jain from the college management welcomed all the guests while Kulbhushan Jain gave information about the activities of the college. Several dozen saplings were planted in the college premises with the help of young NCC cadets. These plants mainly included neem, sesame, kadam, Ashok and guava plants. District School Inspector Harshdev Swami, District Panchayat Raj Officer Alok Sharma also planted saplings in the program. On this occasion, Chief Development Officer Sumit Rajesh Mahajan honored a student and a teacher who achieved special achievement in Sanskrit subject of the college. The Chief Development Officer said that as per the instructions of the DM, work is going on to revive many of the 22 seasonal rivers of Saharanpur. Along with this, DM, IAS Manish Bansal told in a formal meeting that as per the instructions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, 43 lakh saplings have been planted in Saharanpur and along with the government departments, all the citizens should play their role in taking care of them. He said that the efforts being made by Jal Prahari towards water conservation and promotion are inspiring for the youth. It is worth noting that IAS Manish Bansal has been awarded the Jal Prahari Samman in the year 2023 for his remarkable work in the field of water management, conservation and promotion as Sambhal District Officer.