like every year a huge gathering of all sections of society was witnessed on Saturday at Dudhmatiya to spread the message of saving environment to save the mankind. Senior officials of District administration and forest department also participated in this fair. Prof Ramesh Sharan, VC VBU and Dr BP Rukhaiyar, registrar VBU also visited Dudhmatiya and took part with the gathering in worshipping the trees and tying Raksha Sutra on the trees.
Different competitions were held for the school students and cultural programs based on the theme of saving environment and nature were presented.
The environment fair of Dudhmatiya, Hazaribagh was organised with a pledge to save the forest and trees with famous environmentalist cum founder of this fair Mahadev Mahto, a retired teacher of Tatijharia block of Hazaribagh district.
Dudhmatiya is the place where Mahto had initiated this fair about two and half decades ago when he saw that people were cutting the trees mercilessly causing rapid loss in forest area. He had initiated tying Raksha Sutra on the trees with the help of some women of the village. Now, this place has turned into a pilgrim for all the environmentalist and students of environmental science.
On Friday, a cycle rally was organised under the leadership of local social worker Dinesh Khandelwal who started from Devangana chowk Korrah and concluded at Dudhmatiya, about 25 km away from Hazaribagh.
In this journey the participants got warm welcome by the villagers and students of different schools and colleges. Dinesh Khandelwal said that it was an initiative to make the people aware about the importance of nature and the good works done by Mahadev Mahto of Tatijharia.