NGOs across the city joined hands with the UT Forest and Wildlife Department on Friday to maintain the green cover of the City Beautiful.
Celebrating ‘NGO Day’ as a part of ‘Vanmahotsav-2013’ celebration, the NGOs planted saplings of ‘Neem’, ‘Arjuna’, ‘Ashoka’ at different places in the city. The plantation drive was aimed at maintaining the green cover of the city besides keeping the city clean and green.
Besides exhorting the city residents to preserve the green city, the NGOs also distributed saplings to the residents across the city. On the occasion, the UT Forest and Wildlife Department also organised plantation drive in three educational institutes of Chandigarh.
The ceremonial function was organised at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 28 in association with NGO ‘Yuvsatta’. On this occasion, sapling of ‘Neem’ was planted in the school campus and the Department officials exhorted the students to take active part in greening programme to make Chandigarh more clean and green.