PIONEER NEWS SERVICE
To mark the World Environment Day, tree plantation, seminar and environmental awareness rally were organised under the joint aegis of Shri Venkateshwara Group of Institutions, Shri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences and Multispeciality Hospital and Uttar Pradesh Forest department. Those who spoke on the occasion included the chairman of the Venkateshwara Group of Institutions, Sudhir Giri, pro-chancellor of Shri Venkateshwara University, Rajeev Tyagi and senior Forest department officer of Uttar Pradesh, S P Singh.
Giri exhorted all to take a pledge to gift plants on social occasions like birthdays, wedding anniversaries and naming ceremonies. Tyagi in his address stressed on living life in harmony with nature, dedicated to conservation and promotion of nature. Singh said that in a laudable initiative, 2100 saplings of medicinal and shady trees were being planted in Meerut and Moradabad divisions under the joint aegis of Shri Venkateshwara Group and Forest department to mark the day.
