Live
- Govt plans to establish offshore Johns Hopkins University Campus in India
- Goa Aces clinch Indian Racing League title
- Study finds how hormone therapy can reshape the skeleton
- High-street fashion players looking at India for manufacturing: Report
- Shreyas Iyer to lead Mumbai as Prithvi Shaw returns for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- 'Failed to resolve crisis': NPP withdraws support from BJP govt in Manipur
- Chennai: Actress Kasturi Remanded in Custody Until 29th of This Month
- Aaqib Javed likely to become Pakistan's new white-ball head coach
- BJP panel to draft poll charge sheet against AAP govt in Delhi
- Allu Arjun Thanks Fans in Patna, Teases 'Pushpa 2' Release
St Joseph College students launch mass plantation drive
In response to the call given by the government for achieving ‘Haritandhra Pradesh’, the NSS units of St Joseph College for Women organised a massive plantation drive on the college premises as part of ‘Vanam Manam’ on Friday.
Visakhapatnam: In response to the call given by the government for achieving ‘Haritandhra Pradesh’, the NSS units of St Joseph College for Women organised a massive plantation drive on the college premises as part of ‘Vanam Manam’ on Friday.
Under the supervision of NSS Programme Officers K Manikya Kumari and Ch Annapurna, a large number of students, faculty and non-teaching staff took out a rally holding the plants and placards.
Later, correspondent of the college Dr Sister Veronica inaugurated the plantation drive by planting a sapling followed by principal Sister Shyji and others.
Department of Forests and Department of Social Forestry, Andhra Pradesh, Visakha[patnam provided more than 100 saplings of timber, fruit, rose wood, red sanders, tebubia, badam, guava, Indian goose berry, yegisa, yepi and maddi.
Speaking to students, Manikya Kumari said that in the wake of climate change and its impact on ecosystem, every individual should take up the responsibility towards environmental protection and plantation.
All the departments, clubs and associations of the college-Green Globe Nature Club, Eco Club, Biology Association, Eco Buzz, Commerce Association, Humanities Association, Literary Club, Shrishti Club, Sports Department were involved in the programme.
