DEHRADUN
:
Governor Baby Rani Maurya
said on Wednesday that every citizen of the state must plant a tree and take care of it like their family member. The governor made the remarks while attending a tree plantation ceremony at Rishikesh railway station organised by Parmarth Niketan ashram. The ceremony marked the planting of the first 15 of two lakh
trees
that Parmarth Niketan and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance intend to plant ahead of the upcoming monsoon season.
The first one lakh trees, mainly of fruit giving, soil retaining and medicinal plants, would be planted across Uttarakhand and some in Northern India region in public locations such as universities, hospitals, schools, railway stations and other public locations. Speaking on the occasion, Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of Parmarth Niketan, said, “We should celebrate all our occasions and festivals by planting and giving trees. If there are no trees, there is no water and if there is no water, there is no life. Therefore, every occasion should be used to renew our green pledge.”
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