Patna: Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar called upon the people on Saturday to ensure the conservation of plants and animals and to keep the environment clean and healthy.
Launching a plantation drive at Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU), the governor said plants, animals and all other organisms need to be conserved properly as they are important in environmental conservation.“All our ancient texts convey the basic mantra ‘sarve janah sukhinah bhawantu’ (all living creatures stay blessed) of life,” he said.
He pointed out that plants have all along been special components of Indian culture and tradition and, hence, all our sages and philosophers have advocated the need of developing close association with the plant kingdom. “It is not without reason that ‘tulsi’ can be found in every household and that ‘vat briksh’ is worshipped by most women in different parts of the country. All these centuries-old practices are meant for purifying the environment,” he said.
He further pointed out that by coining the slogan of ‘ek ped, ma ke naam’ (one tree in the name of mother) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only strengthened the symbiotic relations between plants and human beings.
Arlekar said the state govt is striving hard to promote environmental conservation by giving more emphasis on increasing the forest cover in the state. “All of us should plant more and more saplings on vacant land and encourage others to do the same in the larger interest of the society. He also felicitated the scientists and progressive farmers on the occasion.
State minister for environment, forest and climate change Prem Kumar, BASU’s vice-chancellor D R Singh and dean Veer Singh also addressed the gathering.

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