Governor CP Radhakrishnan said that everyone should understand the importance of environmental protection. Environment Day is an opportunity to express awareness and commitment towards environmental protection. He said that every person has to play an important role towards environmental protection. People should make themselves as well as others aware about the importance of the environment. He said that people are using plastic, throwing it everywhere, and rivers are getting polluted. He appealed to the people not to adopt plastic in their behaviour.
He also asked to pay attention towards cleanliness. The Governor was addressing the program organized at Raj Bhavan on Monday on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day'. On the said occasion, Dr. Nitin Kulkarni, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Dr. O.N. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University and officers of Birsa Agricultural University and N.S.S. volunteers were present.
The Governor said that the state of Jharkhand has a special relationship with trees. Sarhul festival is celebrated here with great enthusiasm in which the tree is worshipped. He told the NSS volunteers that today on the occasion of World Environment Day, all of you should plant trees and pay attention towards its promotion. He said the volunteers to go to the villages and organize programs and interact with the villagers.
On this occasion, NSS volunteers Diwakar Anand, Falak Fatima and Aastha Deep expressed their views in front of the Governor and expressed their experiences in the context of tree plantation. Governor congratulated the NSS who do good work and express their thoughts in the field of tree plantation in Raj Bhavan. He also honoured the volunteers.
Vice-Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University Dr. O.N. Singh said that Birsa Agricultural University is conscious towards environmental protection.
Earlier, on the occasion of World Environment Day, tree plantation was done by the Governor at Raj Bhavan. It may be noted that more than 50 saplings were planted in Raj Bhawan today.