TREE PLANTATION DRIVE BY DPS CHANDIGARH

The Interact Club of Delhi Public School, Chandigarh participated enthusiastically in the Tree Plantation Drive – Zonal Tree Lympics Contest, a District Level Inter-School Competition organized by the Rotary Club, Chandigarh on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. A team of twenty-nine students planted a whopping120 trees in Sector 42, Chandigarh under the guidance of Mr. P. N. Sahi, an official of the U.T. forest department. The students planted saplings of Gulmohar, Amla, Bottlebrush, Pukhan, Bahera, Putrajiva, Jamun, Neem, Guava, Mango, Shehtoot and Banyan trees. The initiative aims to sensitize both the students and the residents towards the importance of trees in maintaining the ecological balance.