The Eco Club of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur created a herbal garden as a milestone for the sustainable environment.
This is part of an initiative to bring the students closer to the plants and to instill the need to protect them, an institute Press release stated.
The Eco Club of IIM, Raipur, which is behind this project, shared the view that they are creating a new tradition in the college of celebrating the specific milestones of the college in an environment-friendly manner.
The members also felt that this is a glorious example that other schools and colleges can follow. “We got the inspiration from the late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The late President initiated the creation of such a garden in Rashtrapati Bhavan, explained Ravinath Sinha , an Eco Club member.
The herbal garden was created with the aim to educate the students and teachers on the medicinal values of plants around them while paving way for their protection. Apart from planting herbal plants, the newly planted and the trees and plants already on the campus that have medicinal values were named.
Their common and scientific names were displayed on a display board. In this way, the project aim to develop an interest among the students to know about the uses and values of each plant around us.
The herbal plants were collected from various nurseries in Raipur and the nearby villages. The agricultural university has been consulted for support.
The garden was dedicated to the campus by Dr BS Sahay, Director, IIM, Raipur. Dr BS Sahay shared the joy of gardening.
He also provided valuable insights of maintaining the garden. Students and faculty were present in the event. Eco Club was founded on October 2, 2014 on the day when Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan was launched.
Since then, the club has been organising many drives like tree plantation and bird watching.
Chattisgarh is a State blessed with a lot of natural resources.
About 40% of the State is under forest cover and home to rare medicinal plants.
The initiatives of conservation of environment have greater meaning in such a State, it stated.