A mega plantation drive was organised at AIIMS Bhopal under the guidance of Executive Director Prof Dr Ajai Singh on the occasion of National Birds Day. The Faculty and Students gathered on this foggy winter morning to plant the saplings in the college campus.
The Executive Director also apprised the students about 'Swachhata Abhiyan'. A total of 70 students and 50 Faculty participated in this mission along with Horticulture Committee and other members of the staff. A pledge was taken by all the students to keep the environment clean and green. The staff members also hanged bird nests made by them on tree within campus to celebrate the National Birds Day.
The Smruti Upvan Project a sustainable green campus initiative was inaugurated by Executive Director AIIMS Bhopal Prof. (Dr.) Ajai Singh on 17 December 2022.The Smriti Upvan Project is a powerful example of "possibilities" and sustainable futures.
The Smruti Upvan Project a sustainable green campus initiative at AIIMS Bhopal has been initiated with the intent to make it a sustainable university. Under this project mega plantation drives to increase the green cover of the institute and bring collaborative participation from Students and faculty for greening the campus has already been initiated.
A mega plantation Drive with individual faculty and departments adopting plant rows and contributing towards greening of campus has been initiated and has received an enthusiastic response within the institute. The adopted plant rows by faculty and departments resulted in plantation of 1000 plants on the occasion of National Birds Day.
The Project has already achieved 35 percent of the final target of planting 10000 trees within one month due to enthusiastic participation from individual faculty members and support of Executive Director Prof. (Dr.) Ajai Singh.
The Executive Directors commitment to the success of Smruti Upvan Project can be seen in the plantation drives wherein he adopted 5 plant rows and named them utkarsh to encourage the greening of AIIMS Bhopal campus.
The Smruti Upvan Project also plans to use Rainwater harvesting for recharge of underground water and reduction of flash floods during heavy rains. The pending work of three rainwater harvesting pits will be completed and a ring of 14 rainwater harvesting pits interconnected with each other to prevent overflow is being created to increasing the level of underground recharge of water.
The Smruti Upvan Project also plans to install drip irrigation for watering the plants with the use of water collected from the rainwater harvesting
The Smruti Upvan Project intends to reduce and recycle the plant and canteen waste by composting and preparing Organic Manure. The Pusa decomposter from Indian Agriculture Research Institute, which consists of a consortium of seven fungi, will be used for composting. The organic manure produced will be used for the trees and plants within institute for improving soil quality.
The use of solar light to light pathways, around lawn area and solar panels for electricity generations are also being planned under the Smruti Upvan Project.
The Smruti upvan Project sustainable green campus initiative is initiated to bring a positive change in the greenery water and soil conservation, reduction and recycling of waste and use of solar energy to reduce carbon footprint.