A seminar on forest and water conservation was organised in DAV Public School, Hazaribagh. Veteran environmentalist Bulu Imam attended the seminar as resource person. The seminar was inaugurated by lighting the lamp.
In his address Bulu Imam spoke about a number of harms caused to the environment by human beings. Quoting the famous line of William Wordsworth ‘what man has made of others’ by harming the nature.
He talked about the depletion of water reservoirs and forest at a high rate. He told that the forests are mother of rivers. Praising environmentalist Sundar lal Bahuguna–the great nature lover and his pious efforts to save the forests named ‘Chipko movement’, he made the students present there aware of the importance of trees and their vital contribution in maintaining the ecological balance.
Principal Ashok Kumar in his welcome speech said that the students of the school have been doing a number of activities under the aegis of Eco club of the school.Apart from the eco friendly activities, they also take care of the scenic beauty of school premises. This seminar would definitely stimulate the children to take greater efforts to save the ailing planet-Our mother Earth.
Ayushi of class 11 gave speech on the topic and said that it is the high time to conserve the natural resources. She pointed out the ways of conserving the natural resources as they are depleting at an alarming rate. Pointing on the importance of conservation of forests she said that flora, fauna and human beings are interdependent and we can’t imagine the existence of any one of these in the absence of others.
Ved, Amulya and Utsav, all of class 10, presented power point presentation on the topic Bio–diversity whereas Ankita of class 12 presented the same on the topic ‘Natural resources and their conservation’.The Resource person was presented the memento by the Principal. The Vote of thanks was proposed by Ranjan Kumar Jain, Vice Chairman, lMC, DAV Hazaribagh. He also spoke about the natural beauty of Hazaribagh calling it a place of thousand gardens and the importance of forests and water in human life.
GM NTPC Rajesh Kumar Singh was also present in the function announced a cash prize of Rs10000 to all participants who presented dance items based on the theme of seminar. Anvita Priyam and Riya Bhardwaj anchored the programme.