Varanasi: In its national executive meeting held in the Shivpur area on Sunday, social organisation Ganga Samagra decided to launch a public awareness.
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Prayagraj: Along with taking a holy dip in the Sangam, devotees will now be able to see mythological trees on the banks of the Ganga and Yamuna. The first of its kind ‘Sanskritik Forest’ of Uttar Pradesh will be created at Sadaphaldeo Ashram on the Jhunsi side of Sangam (Chatnag).
The details for developing this forest has been prepared and at the same time, talks are going on with three institutions to develop this forest in Chatnag. The initiative aims at restoring the eco-system with the effort of Forest Research Centre for Eco-Rehabilitation (FRCER), Prayagraj wherein forestation and taking care of saplings would go hand in hand with the religious belief of the common man.
Prayagraj: Volunteers of Ganga Samagra, an organisation associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have decided to develop areas within five kilometres of the radius of Ganga, as forest land.
For the purpose, villagers will be made aware to protect the environment and intensive plantation drive will be carried out. Saplings of ‘panchkol’, that is, five trees including Peepal, Pakkad, Banyan, Bel and Babul, will be planted. The drive will be carried out in rural pockets of both trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna regions of the district.
Co-convener of Ganga Samagra Kashi province, Rakesh Mishra, while detailing on the ambitious plan, said, “Panchkol, that is, Banyan, Peepal, Pakad, Bel and indigenous Babul (acacia plant) trees have medicinal properties as they are able to exhale large amounts of oxygen. These trees also hold a special place in our Sanatan traditions and texts. So, we decided to plant saplings of these trees along the 5-km radius of Ganga and also in the
These 36 ghats are located in Ghazipur, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Kaushambi, Prayagraj and Pratapgarh districts.
Apart from cleanliness and maintenance of the snan ghats, the volunteers will also start Ganga aarti and plantation, besides promoting organic farming for ‘Aviral’ and ‘Nirmal’ Ganga.
Ganga Samagra volunteers are working in 62 districts of five states and have also constituted snan and shamshan committees for maintaining cleanliness on the ghats.
Chintamani Singh, a senior office bearer of Ganga Samagra, told TOI, “We will start working on 36 ghats in seven districts. We will work to maintain water quality and to improve the agriculture practices on the land along Ganga. More importantly, Ganga aarti will be performed at all these ghats.”