TREE PLANTATION

TREE PLANTATION DRIVE HELD AT M.A. RANGOONWALA COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH CENTRE, PUNE-01 UNDER M.U.H.S. DAY
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MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCE DAY (M.U.H.S. DAY) WAS CELEBRATED AT M.A. RANGOONWALA DENTAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH CENTRE ON 10TH JUNE’22 WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM. A TREE PLANTATION DRIVE WAS ORGANISED BY COLLEGE NSS UNIT ON THE AUSPICIOUS OCCASION OF 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV.’ THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS EVENT WAS TO INCULCATE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS AND TO INCORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANACE BY THE COLLEGE.

THE EVENT COMMENCED FROM 10 AM ONWARDS. ALL THE STUDENST, TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING STAFF MEMBERS GATHERED NEAR THE ASSEMBLY AREA. FLAG HOISTING WAS DONE BY OUR RESPECTED PRINCIPAL DR. RAMANDEEP DUGGAL AND REGISTRAR SHRI R.A. SHAIKH. FOLLOWING IT, M.U.H.S. ANTHEM WAS PLAYED. TREE PLANTATION DRIVE STARTED FROM 10:30 AM ONWARDS. THE STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS SELECTED EMPTY SPACES IN THE COLLEGE GARDEN AND VERANDAH TO PLANT SAPLINGS IN A WELL ORGANISED WAY. THE SAPLINGS WERE SUPPLIED BY PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE ECO BALANCE OF THE AFFORESTATION DRIVE WAS TAKEN WITH ALL SERIOUSNESS. THE FIRST SAPLING WAS PLANTED BY OUR PRINCIPAL DR. DUGGAL FOLLOWED BY REGISTRAR SHRI R.A. SHAIKH AND MEMBERS OF STAFF. A TOTAL OF 25 SAPLINGS WERE PLANTED BY FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UNDER INITIATIVE OF ‘ONE STUDENT ONE TREE.’ THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO NURTURE THEM TILL THE COMPLETION OF THEIR GRADUATION AND THEN HAND THEM OVER TO THE NEW STUDENTS. EVERY STEP OF THE PROGRAM WAS APPRECIATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. THE PROGRAM CREATED A GREAT STIR AMONG GENERAL PUBLIC TOO.

SUCH LITTLE STEPS TAKEN TOGETHER BY THE COLLEGE AND STUDENTS WILL SURELY HELP IN FOSTERING STRONG MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH AMONGST STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN CONNECT WITH THEIR PEERS, THEIR ELDERS, THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

DR. RAHUL KALE
PROGRAM OFFICER, NSS

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