The emloyees of Sanchi Buddha University pledged to plant a tree on their birthdays. A plantation drive was carried out at the University wherein officers-employees did planting. The employees planted sacred fig on the occasion.
Large number of sacred fig plants were planted in the proposed campus located at Salmatpur, Sanchi Buddhist-Bharatiya Knowledge Studies University. All the officials of the university, digging pots in the proposed university campus located on Salmatpur intersection of Raisen and planting more than 100 peepal plants.
On this occasion, all the employees of the university took the pledge that they would plant a tree on their own birthday. These employees also took a bigger resolution that at least three years of their plant planted on the birthday will be monitored as if a child is looked after.
Kripal Singh Verma, Assistant Director of Department of Horticulture at Sanchi University, said that people have been planting trees on a large scale and they have been aware of nature but after planting them, they forget it. After three years of care, the tree does not need any supervision, he added.
It is to be noted that Madhya Pradesh Governor Ananya Ben Patel has instructed all the universities of the state to set up Peepal trees in the university campus.Shri Kripal Singh said that Peepal tree leaves oxygen in the environment for 24 hours. Peepal tree can be made bonsai and also placed inside the houses. Many plants planted in houses such as Erica Palm, Snake Plant, Money Plant, Aloevera are also helpful in clean air and pollution reduction.