Students carry out “operation clean-up” Tribune News Service

Students carry out “operation clean-up” Tribune News Service
many as 200 students from KB DAV Senior Secondary School, Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Ajit Karam Singh International Public School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, today participated in the cleaning of the Sukhna Lake. In addition to the students, volunteers of Yuvsatta, an NGO and staff of the Department of Environment, Chandigarh Administration, also picked up litter like empty Coke/ Pepsi/Juice cans, ice-cream cups, packaging material, pan-gutka sachets, and bags strewn alongside Sukhna Lake.
Present on the occasion was Mr Ishwar Singh, Director, Department of Environment, who urged the students to further spread and strengthen the movement in order to make this world a better place to live in. He added “today’s cleanliness drive at Sukhna Lake will further strengthen the will of young ones to save our environment.
Later in the day, a function was organised at Dev Samaj College of Education to mark the World Earth Day and to honour the winners of Inter-School Bicycle Games organised on the Chandigarh Bicycle Day. The programme was presided over by Mr Ishwar Singh, Director and Mr P.J.S. Dhadwal, Additional Director, Department of Environment, Mr S.K. Sandhu, IAS, Finance Secretary, Chandigarh Administration.
Speaking on the occasion Mr S.K. Sandhu said young students should come forward and become city’s ambassadors by practicing eco-friendly habits in life, like taking care of clean and green surroundings around their houses and in schools, discouraging the use of polythene bags, using bicycles more to counter pollution problem and conserving water and electricity.
Mr S.K. Sandhu also honoured Dr (Ms) Satinder Dhillon, Principal, Dev Samaj College of Education, teachers of KB DAV School, Ajit Karam Singh International School, Mount Carmel School, Moti Ram Arya School and Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, for their participation in eco-activities along with 100 winners of the Inter-School Bicycle Games.
Meanwhile, “Earth Day” was also observed today in the office of Chief Postmaster General Punjab and UT Chandigarh. “Indian Post” has become a member of the Universal Postal Union Project Team on Environment and Sustainable Development at the recently concluded meeting of the Postal Operation Council of UPU at Berne. Also present on the occasion were Manjula Prasher, Chief Postmaster General, M.L. Kalia, Director Postal Services (Region), Sukhvinder Kaur, Director, Postal Services, (HQ), Sharon S. Gupta, Director, Finance, and other staff of the postal department.