SGPC JOINS INITIATIVE TO SAVE GIRL CHILD
By preetasr | August 27, 2008
IT IS a novel idea aimed at serving the dual purpose of saving the girl child as well as the environment. Under the “Nanhi Chann” (little shade) scheme, being launched by SGPC in association with the Punjab government and a private company, people visiting Harmandar Sahib will be given free saplings which are to be named after the girl child, along with water from the holy ’sarovar’ from August 27 onwards.
“These are a strong parallel in the bonds between a mother and child on the other. So these two ideas are brought together through the ‘Nanhi chaan’ Scheme,” said DC kahan Singh Pannu. He said the saplings (’buta prasad’) could either be planted by newly wed women or mothers with daughters.
The initiative is the brainchild of Harpal Singh, chairman of Ranbaxy Laboratories and Impact Projects. “Aparts from saplings of ‘neem’ and ‘ber’, which find mention in Gurbani, saplings of other species suitable to the environment will be diatributed,” said Harpal.
The district administration is planning to distribute more than 2 lakh saplings, which are being provided by the Forest Department, till September 30.About 50,000 saplings have reached Harmandar Sahib. SAD president Sukhbir Badal’s wife Harsimrat Kaur will launch the scheme from the ‘galliara’ of Harmandar Sahib.
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