As our civic authorities grapple with accusations of indiscriminate tree-cutting for development, and not compensating for it by replanting enough saplings, a small, sweet initiative by a city-based family may just be the example they need to emulate.
It was the birth of their daughter one-and-ahalf months ago that pushed the Shivaji Nagar based couple, Ranjeet and Neha Naik, to take up the cause of a better future for the next generation. And, this impulse manifested on Sunday at the baby's naming ceremony, when the new parents decided to ignore the usual social norms of an ostentatious party, and instead planted 101 trees at the Malshiras village near Bhulesar temple in Yavat, an area known to have faced droughts for some years now.
According to the Naiks -who were joined by friends and family for a simple ceremony -they were celebrating the auspicious occasion by committing to a social and environmental cause; they also donated 51 more saplings to students of a local village school to improve their grasp on conservation.
This should act as a motivation for others elsewhere too. Read more of this in a report by Archana More published in Times of India.....
