A “library” of
around 100 indigenous and rare trees has been set up at a college in
Maharashtra’s Latur city with an aim to encourage students to know more about
these plants and preserve them, said officials.
Under the
initiative, medicinal as well as some of the popular trees, including bibwa,
ghatbor, bahava, bamboo, mango and peepal, have been planted by students on the
campus of the Rajarshi Shahu College, they said.
Latur Collector
Varsha Thakur-Ghuge inaugurated the tree ‘library’ in the presence of the
college principal, local administration officials, teachers and students.
The students have
planted around 100 species of various indigenous and rare trees saplings in
pots and tagged information brochures along with them.
The aim behind
this initiative is to encourage students to preserve these plants, look at them
daily, get knowledge about them and identify them, said College Principal Dr
Mahadev Gavhane.
The collector
appreciated the initiative and said activities like tree plantation, seed bank
were being implemented by the district administration to promote tree
plantation in Latur.
Such libraries of
rare trees will play an important role for the youth to understand the
importance of trees. Other colleges should also launch such a concept, said Ghuge.
PTI
