Delhi University makes it mandatory for all students to plant trees from this session

Joshi added that the students could plant trees in their native places and he, along with all the officials of DU, planted a tree in the university on August 15 to kickstart this programme.

The University of Delhi (DU) has started an initiative for a greener planet through its new programme  ''Environmental Education to Environmental Action''. Under the initiative every student need to plant at least one tree anywhere in the country. While speaking about the programmed, DU Vice Chancellor PC Joshi said that they launched this programme under the social responsibility of the university towards the environment.

"We aim to move from environmental education to environmental action. Each student who takes admission to DU will have to plant a tree and take care of it. The students will give us a progress report of the tree every six months through geotagging," he said.

Joshi added that the students could plant trees in their native places and he, along with all the officials of DU, planted a tree in the university on August 15 to kickstart this programme. "We are all monitoring the plants sowed by us," he said.

While speaking about the oxygen shortage that the country faced during the COVID-19 crisis, DU professor and Director of Centre for Himalayan Studies (DCHS) Dinbandhu Sahoo said that India only had 28 trees per person as compared to 422 trees per person in the world.

"Student is an organised body and India has 5-6 crores students. If every student plants one tree, then the number of trees will get doubled within five years. It will not only increase oxygen and quality of living but will also generate employment through a sustainable supply chain," he said.

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