Expressing pleasure over human chains formed by the girls' students of Barwani district for disseminating a message of Ankur Abhiyan, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the girls have given an amazing message by doing it, and he also expressed love and blessings to them.
The girls' students of government Kanya Shiksha Premises Narawala in Barwani district made the human chains on Thursday in the campus forming Hindi words for Ankur Abhiyan and plant saplings on the occasion of 'Hariyali Amavasya'.
On the initiative of CM Chouhan, a special drive for planting saplings is being run under the Ankur Abhiyan across the state, started on 28 July and will continue till 15 August.
Retweeting the district administration's tweet in Hindi, CM Chouhan wrote, "Love and blessings to all those girls who gave an amazing message for planting saplings by making human chains in Narawala of Barwani district." He also wrote, "Tress and plants are the strong basis of earth power and our life. By enriching this priceless gift, we all can make our life pleasant and enjoyable." The collector of Barwani, Shivraj Singh had tweeted the photo of human chains that was retweeted by Chouhan with the above qutos late yesterday night.
"I had appealed to the people of Barwani on the various platforms of social media for plantation wherever the space is available on the occasion of Hariyali Amavasya and upload the photos on Vayudoot App," the collector of Barwani, Shivraj Singh told The Pioneer. "In a single day, the 9000 photos were uploaded on Thursday on the App while only 19000 pictures had been uploaded before it. A gigantic excitement is being seen among the people towards the plantation," the collector said.
On the initiative of the collector, Singh, the people along with the district administration have so far planted more than one lakh saplings on six barren hills situated in the city and its outskirts. Interestingly, all plants are alive that are planted with the public contribution. The collector has turned the Ankur Abhiyan into a public movement in the district.
After assuming charge as the collector of the district, Singh started the 'movement of the plantation' with the public contribution.
However, around 5.70 lakh saplings have also been planted in the district in the current monsoon so far by the forest department. The plantation is also being done at the 101 'Amrit Sarovar' (ponds), which are being dug in the various panchayats under the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' initiative.