Kolkata: Kolkattans showed
support for environmental protection as they celebrated the World Earth Day by
planting trees and organizing a number of other awareness programmes on
combating climate change.
Shopping for
eco-friendly crafts fabricated from water hyacinth, making wishes in front of a
replica of a red sandstone ‘wish fulfilling tree’ dating back to 2nd century
B.C. and an exhibition of trees took centre stage at the 46th World Earth Day
celebrations here.
In Salt Lake area, a
group of citizens got together to donate and plant 1,000 trees at the IT hub of
Sector V. 40-year-old taxi driver Dhananjay Chakraborty’s yellow-colored
Ambassador cab ‘Sobuj Rath’ (Green Chariot) was the special attraction in the
campaign as it was fitted with a bed of real grass on the rooftop and a cluster
of potted plants inside. The Indian Museum put up an exhibition on
bio-perspective plants of India and also organized a bonsai making workshop.
To spread awareness on
trees, a puppet show was also organized at the museum. Science City
celebrated the occasion based on the theme ‘Trees for the Earth’ for around 250
underprivileged city children.
“On World Earth Day we
want to instill awareness among the kids to plant as many trees in and around
our surroundings to make our planet greener and help in combating climate
change,” Science City director Arijit Dutta Choudhury said.
While a quiz and skits
were organized on low carbon lifestyles at the Victoria Memorial, a concert on
nature was showcased by the Calcutta School of Music.
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