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Date:- 04.05.24
PRESS RELEASE
Dogra Sadar Sabha celebrates ‘Save Water Save Birds Day’ with great enthusiasm
JAMMU, May 4: Dogra Sadar Sabha celebrated ‘Save Water Save Birds Day’ with great enthusiasm today at the Dogra Sadar Sabha Bhawan, Jammu. The event was organized in collaboration with several esteemed organizations including the Dogra Educational Trust, Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Management Trust, J&K Ex-Services League, Management Committee of Makkah Masjid, Bhatindi, and the Forest Department of Jammu.
The event involved exchange of views on nature preservation and care of flora-fona. President DSS Th. Gulchain Singh Charak distributed thousands of earthen ‘hang-pots’ to be hung on the trees and other places in homes, schools and offices and filled with water regularly. This act of kindness helps many a thirsty tiny creatures in this season of simmering heat and saves their lives as the mercury sores high in the coming months.
While speaking on the occasion, Sh. Charak, Former Minister, informed that this initiative has been spearheaded by the 120-year-old sole representative body of the Dogras nearly 19 years ago. The primary objective of organizing this event was to raise public awareness and foster compassion towards birds, especially amidst the rapid urbanization and diminishing natural water bodies, once abundant just a few decades ago.
Many prominent citizens along with children from educational institutions, teaching fraternity, army veterans, officers from the State Forest Department, philanthropists and students joined in this noble effort and humane cause.
The participated guests appreciated the great peaceful effort of kindness and admired the participation from mingled cross sections of society without any reservations or distinctions.
The former minister Th. Gulchain Singh Charak also said that besides saving the tiny lives of the birds the event is also a reminder to the humanity to save water, which is getting scarce and costlier throughout the world over. The predictions are that the futuristic wars may be fought over water. Sh Charak requested participants in large numbers to keep the ‘hang pots’ filled up and placed conveniently for the birds to quench their thirst in free from fear surroundings during the summer months.
He also called upon people to save precious potable water and adopt rain water harvesting for use in non-drinking activities.
The children drawn from various Institutions like Dogra Hr. Sec. School, Shasrti Nagar, Rich Harvest, Bari Brahmana, Humanity Public School, Bassi kalan, Oriental Academy Sr. Secondary School, Fauji Public School ,Rajinder Vihar, Dogra Law College, Dogra College of Education, Dogra Degree College Bari Brahmana , participated in the event.
In the end large a number of students, Numberdar, Chowkidars and prominent citizens shouting slogans “Aao Pakshiyon ko Pani Pilyan, Pani Bachayein”entered the Maharaja Hari Singh Zanana Park, and hung their pots filled with water on the trees for birds.
Prominent among those who expressed their views on the occasion were Lt. Gen. R.K Sharma, AVSM, SM, Sh. G.A Qureshi, Sh. G.A Khawaja, Col. Karan Singh, Col. V.K Sahi, Sh. Gambhir Dev Singh Charak, Sh. Janak Khajuria, Sh. Ravinder Singh, Regional Director Social Forestry, Sh. C.M Seth IFS Retd. and Sh. Siddique, Former Addi. Advocate General.
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