KUD to plant 1 lakh saplings across three districts

Time of India

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Hubballi: Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD) will mark
World Environment Day
with the planting of one lakh saplings through its NSS units in Dharwad, Gadag, and Uttara Kannada. Around 1,000 saplings were planted on Thursday.
The varsity, which maintains a nursery with various plant species, aims to green 165 NSS centres under its purview.
The varsity organised a World Environment Day celebration in collaboration with the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC). The HDMC provided around 5,000 saplings for the plantation. Approximately 200 saplings will be planted across 165 NCC units.
On World Environment Day, 20,000 saplings were planted in three districts by the National Service Scheme (NSS) unit.
Around 5,000 were planted at the varsity boundary in Dharwad.
The programme was launched by HDMC former mayor and corporator Shivu Hiremath. He said planting saplings in the twin cities has given high priority to green beauty, and the corporation will provide all possible assistance to plant saplings in the university.
Prof RL Hyderabad, acting vice-chancellor of Karnatak University, Dharwad, said that it is a top priority to protect the environment for the sake of global warming and the well-being of future generations.
"Protecting the biodiversity environment is an urgent need today. There is a possibility of more danger due to global warming in the coming days, so it is the responsibility of all of us to voluntarily plant saplings in the area where we live, study in the college and university campuses, and protect them," he said.
A Channappa, registrar of KUD, said that greening has been given high priority in the constituent colleges, including Karnatak University, and in this regard, 2,000 saplings will be planted on the premises with the cooperation of the NSS cell and the corporation.
He said that this year, plants will be planted around the boundary area of the varsity. Similarly, a target has been set to plant about one lakh saplings in the campuses of Karnatak University, Karnataka Law College, Karnataka Music College, and Karnataka College of Education and along their boundaries, he said.
MB Dalapati, programme coordinator of NSS cell, Karnatak University, Dharwad, said that 15,200 NSS volunteers actively participated in the event at Gadag, Dharwad, and Uttara Kannada. "Our volunteers will plant the saplings at various places such as parks, varsity and college premises, gram panchayat, etc. We received saplings from various departments. We planted medicinal plants at Vemana Peth. Around 20,000 saplings were planted in all NSS units, and in the coming days, one lakh will be planted," he said.