550 saplings to be planted under NSS mission

Tribune News Service

Patiala, March 23

The authorities of the Government Medical College (GMC) have started a mass plantation drive on the campus under the ongoing mission “Clean GOMCO Green GOMCO” of the National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of the college. 

The target of the mission is to plant 550 trees and ornamental plants in the coming days dedicated to the 550th birthday celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev. 

The National Service Scheme  organisers and volunteers led by Director, Research and Medical Education, Punjab, Dr Avnish Kumar, and College Principal Dr KK Aggarwal started the plantation drive at the college today. 

The inaugural programme was dedicated to the martyrs of the nation – Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru – with the participants pledging to keep the college campus clean and green.  

The National Service Scheme programme officer, Dr DS Bhullar, said “Keeping in view the fact that Punjab has been listed in among the first five environment polluted states of the country, the programme is an initiative to motivate medical students for active participation in keeping the campus clean, green and create an ambient atmosphere for their health.”

Punjab is listed in the first five most polluted states in the country. Under the Clean GOMCO Green GOMCO Mission, students of the Government Medical College will be motivated to plant trees and keep the campus clean in order to create an atmosphere good for their health.— Dr DS Bhullar, NSS Programme Officer