GURUGRAM: ‘Paudhagiri’, a campaign to extend the green quilt in the state, was kicked off by way of leader minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday.
The campaign intends to rope in 22 lakh scholars across the state, learning in classes VI to XII, to plant a sapling and subsequently take care of it. Gurugram is the first district to start this campaign.
As a part of the initiative, 3,100 scholars from various faculties of the district participated in the plantation drive. CM Khattar flagged offtrucks and trolleys that carried saplings to the schools of the district from Tau Devi Lal stadium.
While interacting with scholars gathered on the stadium, the CM said,“Each pupil gets a sapling from the wooded area division and can plant it both in the courtyard in their area, a park or their college box or at any open house to be had in their proximity.” He additionally encouraged them to name the plant after a prominent personality in their choice, “Maybe after a freedom fighter or an ancestral family member,” he said.
Khattar said in each and every six months, the student will likely be required to add a selfie with their plant on the Paudhagiri app and she or he could be given an incentive of Rs50 in each and every six months from the government for the next three years. Thus, the student gets Rs300 in the subsequent three years for taking a look after the sapling planted by way of them. “If in three years the sapling can survive by itself and in 10 years it will start giving vegetation, fruits, color and likewise lend a hand in checking international warming," he said.
The campaign intends to rope in 22 lakh scholars across the state, learning in classes VI to XII, to plant a sapling and subsequently take care of it. Gurugram is the first district to start this campaign.
As a part of the initiative, 3,100 scholars from various faculties of the district participated in the plantation drive. CM Khattar flagged offtrucks and trolleys that carried saplings to the schools of the district from Tau Devi Lal stadium.
While interacting with scholars gathered on the stadium, the CM said,“Each pupil gets a sapling from the wooded area division and can plant it both in the courtyard in their area, a park or their college box or at any open house to be had in their proximity.” He additionally encouraged them to name the plant after a prominent personality in their choice, “Maybe after a freedom fighter or an ancestral family member,” he said.
Khattar said in each and every six months, the student will likely be required to add a selfie with their plant on the Paudhagiri app and she or he could be given an incentive of Rs50 in each and every six months from the government for the next three years. Thus, the student gets Rs300 in the subsequent three years for taking a look after the sapling planted by way of them. “If in three years the sapling can survive by itself and in 10 years it will start giving vegetation, fruits, color and likewise lend a hand in checking international warming," he said.
Govt to rope in 22 lakh students for Paudhagiri
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