Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 22: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu in collaboration with Society for Environmental Education and Research (SEER) and Centre for Environment Education and Training (CEET) organized two days “Save Tawi Campaign” on the banks of River Tawi during the last two days of Navratra festival when large number of devotees visit the river for immersion of Khetri/Sakh’ along with other religious material into it.
This campaign was organized by the department to educate and aware people regarding the harmful effects of mass bathing and immersion of the religious waste material into the river. More than 100 volunteers including students, scholars, faculty members and others participated in this event and sensitized the people regarding the growing pollution problem of River Tawi which is the major surface water source in the city. The volunteers also collected the religious material including polythenes, chunri’s, garlands, diva’s etc from the people at the entry point for its proper disposal and allowed only the immersion of Khetri in the river. Initiative for conducting this campaign was started by the department in the year 2013 and since then the department organizes this event twice a year during the culmination of Navratra festival.
People from all walks of life actively participated in the campaign and supported the initiative taken by the department. The members who actively participated in the event included Prof. A.K Raina, Head, Prof. R.K. Rampal, Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Dr. Piyush Malviya, Dr. Deepika Slathia, Dr. Meenakshi Khajuria, R.K. Khajuria besides, students, research scholars and the volunteers of various NGO’s.
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