Schoolchildren emerge frontrunners in Haram

 

Two students of a govt school take saplings to their home  

School children have emerged as front runners in planting trees under ‘Haritha Haram’ with awareness generated among them about the necessity of planting trees and pollution control by the eco-clubs in schools under National Green Corps (NGC) and annual science exhibitions in the Adilabad district of Telangana. The students not only planting trees but are also pledging to protect them.

They are even educating their parents about the importance of the good forest cover in bringing about good rains and fresh air and to control pollution, and also against the illegal felling of trees.

Students from both government and private schools are seen taking the saplings from their schools and planting them in their houses.

Science exhibitions organized annually for students by the education department have also played their role in creating awareness.

Officials involved the school students in large numbers in the Haritha Haram programme in the villages and even in the towns. The programme was launched with much fanfare by the state government and Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao, who personally planting trees across the state.

More than 700 trees of different verities are being distributed to each school in the villages and towns under Haritha Haram. After planting 100-150 plants, students are taking the rest to their homes.

Government teacher A. Venkat said teachers have started promoting projects on subjects related to greenery, pollution and forest in the science exhibition.

He observed that programmes under NGC and the Haritha Haram have generated awareness among the school children about the importance of green cover and pollution as a result of which they are planning more trees.

A student Rajeshwar studying VIII class in a local government school said he collected a tree from his school and planted the same in the front yard of his home in Ramnagar colony in the Adilabad town.