The third planet from the Sun needs your help, Jadav Payeng tells youths

DIBRUGARH, May 9 - As part of the Auxesis, the techno-cultural mega fest of Dibrugarh University, a plantation drive was organised in the premises of the varsity, nearby schools and surroundings.

The event was marked by the presence of Padma Shri Jadav Molai Payeng, the famous self-taught environmental activist and forestry worker.

The Padma Shri recipient planted two saplings within the University campus in memory of former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika. This year the Auxesis will start from October 13 with the theme �Valiant Virtuoso�.

During the event, Jadav Payeng once again urged upon the youths to add lungs to the society by planting trees for a greener Earth. The Earth, which is the third planet from the Sun, desperately needs your help, he reminded the younger generation. He added that tree plantation must become a habit with the present generation and reiterated that it must be included in the curriculum from the elementary school level.

Saving the ecosystem should be the responsibility of every single human being, he justified.

Payeng further said that with thousands of trees being recklessly cut down to make way for a new dawn in Assam in the form of a highway project, there is an urgent need to make up for the losses as soon as possible through a vigorous afforestation programme.

The event also witnessed the participation of Jiten Hazarika, Dean of Student Affairs, Dibrugarh University, Mukul Chandra Bora, Director of DUIET, Malanch Maiukh Saikia, Student Convenor of the event, Kaushik Das, Faculty Convener of the event, Manash Pratim Dutta, general secretary of Dibrugarh University Post-Graduate Students� Union, professors and associate professors of the university.