To mark the 114th death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, followers of Divya Prem Sewa Mission and Divya Bharat Samiti planted number of Peepal saplings near Chandi Ghat under the notified Ardh Kumbh area of the district on Saturday.
Swami Vivekananda passed away on July 4, 1902 when he was just 39 at Belur Math near Kolkata. Convener of Divya Prem Sewa Mission Sanjay Chaturvedi stressed on the importance of planting trees by way of conserving environment.
“The environmentalist across the globe are pitching for it. This would serve the interests of the coming generation,” he added. Dr Prem Prakash said that air pollution is now begetting many chronic diseases.
“This is because of the imbalance of several environmental components. Green would ensure fresh air,” he added.
During the plantation drive Swami Parmanand, Gagan Yadav, Pradip Sharma, Prashant Khare, Vijendra Pandey, Jitendra Somvanshi, Abhay, Manohar, Arpit, BAlkrishan Sashtri and many others were present.