A unique initiative has been taken by the Higher Education Department to develop environmental awareness and love for greenery among the youth through the Harit Mission (Green Mission).
Under this, “Harit Vasundhara Abhiyan” (Green Earth Campaign) was launched by the state level NAAC cell. Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav launched the campaign from Ujjain. He said that plantation is necessary to reduce the ever-increasing temperature in the world and preserve the greenery of the Earth. Dr. Yadav said that at the time of Corona pandemic, we realised the importance of oxygen. Through Harit Vasundhara, students will not only plant saplings but will also understand their responsibility towards the society.
In the Harit Vasundhara Abhiyan, the college will motivate the students to plant 100 saplings every year. The first year students will plant a sapling in the college campus as green ambassadors and will also take care of the plant during the study period. Before leaving the college, they will assign the task of taking care of the plant to a fresher first year student. The college will ensure to plant at least 100 saplings in its campus in a year. Apart from this, the college will encourage students and employees to plant saplings on various occasions like birthday, anniversary, environment day, earth day, water day, nature day etc.
For the campaign in the college campus, a teacher will be appointed as the nodal officer and a boy or a girl student will be appointed as the student coordinator. In the colleges having eco club, the in-charge will be made the nodal officer. Under the Abhiyan, the records of GPS tagged photographs will be maintained by the nodal officer on quarterly basis to ensure the growth of the plant. The student who planted maximum trees and took care of them would be honoured as Green Ambassador of the institute in the final year. Under the Abhiyan, various types of plants related to educational purposes, medicinal plants, fruit trees, indoor plants, ornamental hanging, aromatic and flowering plants will be planted in the colleges.