Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: Giving message of social responsibility and love for their motherland, the residents of Sector 5 Channi Himmat Housing Colony Jammu today launched a cleanliness drive and cleaned the only public park in their locality with brooms and disposable bags in their hands.
To ensure that the park serves best the purpose of providing healthy environment to the residents, on the initiative of “Mother The Nature”, an NGO that is actively involved in its upkeep, the residents decided to clean their park regularly on last Sunday of every month in future.
On the occasion the residents unanimously approved the name “Nature’s Beauty Parlour” for the Park.
The cleanliness drive, at the conclusion of which they all entertained themselves with hot tea and ‘garam halva’ bracing wintery weather, turned out to be a picnic integrating all into a close knit family- something missed in the urbanized life.
The park used by security forces for long years was got freed after long struggle of residents about three years ago. The State Housing Board under close monitoring of Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture, Raman Bhalla took keen interest in providing basic essentials of a park including fencing, walking tracks, lights and the lawns while Urban Forestry of District Jammu and “Mother The Nature”, an NGO jointly took up drive and planted saplings of medicinal plants with the latter ensuring their regular upkeep.
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