Chandigarh, 5th June, 2017: A function was organized at Tagore Theatre,
Chandigarh on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’ by Municipal
Corporation Chandigarh in collaboration with Department of Environment &
Forests and Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, UT Chandigarh wherein
Sh. V.P.Singh Badnore, the Governor of Punjab & the Administrator, UT
Chandigarh was the Chief Guest. On this occasion, “Greening Chandigarh
Action Plan 2017-18” was released by the Chief Guest. He also launched
Public Display of Air
Quality Index at 5 places in
Chandigarh for its residents and distributed the Dust bins to the general
public for segregation of dry and wet wastes
Annual Greening Chandigarh Action Plan is a guiding tool
for all greening agencies of Chandigarh Administration to strategies
effectively to fulfill their commitment of making City Beautiful more clean
& green. He further told that against the target of 2,20,000 saplings in
2016-17, altogether 2,54,726 saplings were planted and this year 2017-18
, a target of 2,35,000 saplings have been fixed.
In the afternoon, a function was also organized at entrance point on the ground floor of Elante
Mall in Industrial Area, Chandigarh on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day wherein
Shri. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary-cum-Secretary (Environment &
Forests), UT Chandigarh was the Chief Guest. This was organized by Department of Environment & Forests in collaboration with YUVSATTA
–an environmental NGO, State Bank of India, Chandigarh and STEPS.
On this occasion, the
‘Best Eco-Club Award of UT Chandigarh’ was announced by Department
of Environment, Chandigarh Administration for 2016, and the prizes for their
commendable work in the field of Environment Conservation were distributed by
the Chief Guest. The Prize winners were as follows :-
|
Position
|
Name of the School
|
Name of Eco-Club
|
Name of Principal
|
Name of Teacher
Incharge
|
|
1st
|
St. Joseph’s Sr. Sec.
School, Sec.44-D, Chd
|
Green Saviours
Eco-Club
|
Mrs.Monica Chawla
|
Mrs. Dimple Bansal
|
|
2nd
|
Govt. Model Sr. Sec.
School, Sec. 33-D, Chd
|
Vasumati Eco-Club
|
Mrs.Indira
Beniwal
|
Mrs.Anju Mahajan
|
|
3rd
|
Carmel Convent School,
Sector 9-B, Chd
|
Go Green Eco-club
|
Sr. Supreeta
|
Mrs.Ritu Yadav
|
The Chief Guest congratulated ‘Best Eco Club Awardees’. He
exhorted that we all should strive for making this city as Carbon neutral city
on view of Global warming.
Addressing the gathering
Chief Guest Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS gave a new slogan of ‘My
Chandigarh-Blue & Green Chandigarh’, emphasizing on promotion of Solar
Power (Blue look) and increasing the green cover of the city with well
maintained green belts and forest areas.
Sh. Anil Malhotra
CEO Elante Mall addressing the gathering said “We, at Elante, are always taking
innovative initiatives to promote cleanlinessand enhance customer experiences
today we are proud to be a part of the World Environment Day celebrations aimed
at drawing attention to pressing problems like environmental pollution,
greenhouse effect and the adverse effects of climate change. In keeping with
this year’s theme of ‘My Chandigarh-Blue and Green Chandigarh’, I appeal to all
people of the city to take a pledge to keep the city clean and green, plant
more and more trees and adopt solar energy. I thank all the delegates, Sh.
Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Secretary, Home, Environment and Forests, Chandigarh
Administration, Sh. Santosh Kumar, IFS, Director, Department of
Environment and Chief Conservator of Forests, Chandigarh Administration, and
NGO Yuvsatta for making this environmental awareness programme a grand
success."
On this occasion, Chief Guest also distributed Herbal Plants to
students to promote green Chandigarh and also distributed 500 nos. LED Bulbs of
9 Watt to the people present there to promote energy efficiency. A Stall was erected where
Film on Solar was displayed. Quiz sessions were held on the matters relating to
Environment, Forests & Renewable Energy.
Earlier in the morning, to start the series of programmes for celebration of World
Environment Day, 2017, Department of Environment & Forests, UT
Chandigarh in collaboration with NGO – Youth Innovative Society, Chandigarh
organized a “Bicycle Rally on Save Environment & Forest” in
Reserved Forest area behind Sukhna Lake started at Smriti Van which was flagged
off by Shri Santosh Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests &
Director Environment, UT Chandigarh at 0800 hrs. Around 200 participants
of NSS units of UT Chandigarh and Schools participated in this event. The aim
of this Bicycle Rally was to spread the message of ‘Connecting People to
Nature’ among various stakeholders of the society and to promote cycling
in the City.
Among prominent persons attending the function were Sh. Santosh
Kumar, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forest & Director Environment, Sh.
Birendra Choudhary, IFS, DCF(WL) and Sh. P.J.S. Dadhwal, Additional Director (
Env) and other senior officers of the Administration, Sh. Pramod Sharma,
Coordinator of Yuvsatta, NGO and officials of State Bank of India who was the
co-sponsor. The function was attended by various Eco Club Incharges, School
Principals & Teachers of Schools of Chandigarh.
CITCO – Chandigarh Industrial and Development Corporation Ltd , also celebrated the World Environment
Day being an environmentally and socially responsible organization also carried
out several activities on World Environment Day under the guidance of its
Managing director Smt. Kavita Singh IAS. The idea was to sensitize its
employees to nurture and care for the environment.
Several fruit trees and medicinal plants such as lemon grass,
akarkara, vach, ashwagandha, kalmegh, kalavasa, were planted in the front lawns
of Hotel Mountview. These organically grown herbs and fruits will be used in
the restaurants of CITCO.
The employees were shown a film ‘The story of Stuff’ to educate
them about the harmful effects of consumerism, and encourage them to recycle
and use the Earth’s resources conscientiously.
A talk was delivered by organic farmer Sh. Raman Tiwana, who
explained to the audience the need to grow clean food in order to feed our
children and to save them from poisonous food that has invaded our system.
The system of garbage segregation and disposal introduced by MCC
was explained to the employees and they were requested to follow the guidelines
specified. Sh. Gurpreet Dabriwala from KVM (Kheti Virasat Mission) conducted a
workshop which engaged the employees and other audience present and motivated
them to start growing their food to the extent possible, and sourcing the rest
from organic farmers.. He demonstrated how to grow vegetables in containers and
make garbage enzyme. Made with vegetable peels, jiggery and water over a period
of three months, this can be stored for thirty years and used as a
disinfectant, cleaner, and also used to make plants healthy and avoid
chemicals.
Smt. Navjot Kaur PCS, CGM CITCO administered a pledge to the
employees stating that they would act as responsible citizens of the earth,
respect natural resources, try to conserve water and power, try to use carpool,
public transport, and cycles, recycle, reuse, use less plastic and try to grow
their own food.
On the World Environment Day “A Tree plantation Drive” was
conducted at Civil Hospital, Sector-45 & Civil Hospital
Sector-22, under the supervision of S.D.M (C & S)-cum-Chairperson, Rogi
Kalyan Samiti, U.T., Chandigarh along-with staff of CH 45 & CH-22 and the
Members of RKS like Sh. Kanwarjeet Rana, Councillor, Burail, in Civil Hospital
Sector-45. The plantation was carried out by five young girls who
enthusiastically took the responsibility to look after these plants. Every year
this day is celebrated around to create awareness regarding growing
environmental concerns such as global warming and pollution. The theme for this
year was “Connecting People to Nature”.
The S.D.M (C&S) through this initiative intended to instill
a sense of responsibility in the community and staff at Civil Hospital Sector-
45 & Civil Hospital Sectro-22 towards protecting the environment. She also
discussed various ways in which each and every one of us can contribute towards
improving and reconnecting to our nature.
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