GUJRAT: A plantation celebration day and awareness campaign was organized by the Warden Office Boys Hostel here at Hafiz Hayat Campus of the University of Gujrat (UoG) in collaboration with the Gujrat Forest Division, Government of Punjab, on Tuesday.
The campaign marked the start of the spring tree plantation under the slogan of ‘Dream UoG – Green UoG’ and was inaugurated by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shabbar Atiq by planting a tree sapling in the front lawn of the Boys Hostel.
Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Muhammad Mushahid Anwar, Director of the School of Art, Design & Architecture (SADA) Asif Sharif, senior academics and administration officials, Warden Boys Hostel and staff, Chief Security Officer Tahir Mahmood and a large number of students participated in the campaign by planting a tree sapling.
Addressing the ceremony, the VC highlighted the importance of trees in the country’s social, economic and environmental life. The participants carried banners and placards portraying the importance and benefits of trees.
“Trees provide us a healthy environment through a pollution free atmosphere. The environmental problems of global warming, ozone depletion and pollution are today’s burning issues. A solution to these problems lies in planting more and more trees,” Dr Shabbar Atiq said, adding that trees are the prime source of environmental purification.
The VC urged the students to promote the awareness among the masses about the benefits of planting more and more trees because “it is our shared national responsibility”.
