Van Mahotsava- 2013

Van-Mahotsava

                                                                                                          Date: 18/07/2013

The fact that the inspired authors of the Vedic hymns celebrated seers of the upanishand, the bedrock of DAV movement, were all forest dwellers accounted for the great  enthusiasm and the sense of commitment with which DAV Hazaribag celebrates Van Mahotsava .So it was with the 64^rd Van Mahotsava – The Forest Festival so to say-which was celebreated in collaboration with the Department of Forest , Hazaribag(East). Apart from the inspiration for the event being rooted to Vedic tradition , it also came from the DAV perception of plantation and saving of trees being the chief means of averting the ecological disaster looming ahead.

DAVPS Hazaribag has created quite an awesome record of distributing an average of five thousand saplings a year over the past several years as part of the Van Mahotsava.

The Chief Guest Hon. Dr. A. K. Malhotra, PCCF, Jharkhand said that he liked visiting the DAV School so much that he wished to be a student of the school if he were a child. Addressing the students, he urged them to make the conservation of trees as their one of the core values. And he also suggested them never to compromise with such core values in life. Simple living and high thinking must be their motto in the life. He asked the audience whether they like a green, living, and vibrant earth or a scorched ,dreary and dead one.  

Hon. Dr. Pradeep Kumar,  IFS, RCCF Hazaribag (East) was lavish in      praise for the DAV Family for their deep involvement and support for organizing the VAN Mahotsava. Quoting the lines of Sumitra Nandan Pant , the great Hindi poet, he stressed that the natural beauty always remains incomparable. Further, he said that plantation is not merely planting a sapling rather it is an act of creation  which gives immense pleasure to the persons involved in it. It was high time to proceed in right earnest with the espousal of the noble cause of plantation as this holds the key to the protection of environment which in turn meant  the betterment of the nation.  He also urged the people to preserve the existing forests and to take proper care of the saplings being planted.

Hon’ble Shri Dr. D.K. Srivastava, APCCF ,(Development) Ranchi was all praise for the skits presented by students of DAV School, he urged them to play an active role in the conservation of floura and fauna.

         

Shreya Shruti of class IX  said that nature is our mother but we humans have the tendency of “use and throw” which is destructive of the environment . She was also felicitated for her wonderful speech.

Shri Ashok Kumar, Principal, DAV Public School, Hazaribag welcomed the Chief guest & the Distinguished Guest for their valuable speeches. He also expressed his sincere thanks to the dignitaries present on the occasion, persons from electronic & print media and for making the function a grand success. He said that the program had generated a great awareness among the students regarding the importance of trees and had also given them a great message to ensure their active and willing participation in plantation work.

          To mark the occasion events like speech, slogan writing and the painting were organized and the winners were felicitated.The winners were:

NCC cadets also took an active part in the tree plantation under the agile command and control of the ANO Shri Krishna Kr. Singh.

          The dignitaries present on the occasion included    Sri L.N. Damor, A.P.C.C.F., Hazaribag, Shri P.K. Verma, RCCF Ranchi Region, Sri F.B. Singh, C.F., Hazaribag, Sri A.K. Singh, D.F.O., Hazaribag, Shri T.  Pandeyan DFO, Hazaribag, Shr. Munna Kr. Singh, Commandant CRPF Hazaribag, Shri S.K. Mishra Zonal manager , BOI Hazaribag, Dr. H.L Saha, the social activist, Sri. Ranjan Kumar Jain, Vice-President L.M.C DAV H.Bag, , Ravindra Mishra, Wild Life Division, Dr. Ramesh Kr. Singh , Sri Dinesh Khandelwal etc. apart from a no. of parents and the students . The whole program was anchored by Ananya, Mrinalini, Kritika under the supervision of Mr. Krishna Kr. Singh.