Jamshedpur: The Tatanagar division of All World Gayatri Parivar on Sunday organized a plantation campaign at Jaikan village in Gamaria.
The afforestation programme saw plantation of 50 plants each surrounded by a protective mesh of bamboo.
The village of Jaikan was selected by the Adarsh Gram Yojana and for last 18 months people of the village have been part of the awareness programme for afforestation.
This educative programme has benefitted the elders and the children equally. Children by means of yoga, ordination and education are helping to spread this knowledge to nearby villages also.
Local villagers supported this campaign by their efforts and vowed to nuture these plants in the future. Each individual has been given the responsibility to look after a plant.
Shuvendu Biswas, Ankush Kumar, Shambhunath Dubey, Kumari Divya, Sukumar, Santosh Kumar and many local villagers were present on the occasion.