KiiT-IS VAN MAHOTSAV

  • Van Mahotsav week is celebrated in the first week of July and plantation drives are carried out across the country.
  • India has taken a target of creating additional 2 billion carbon sequestration by 2030.
  • On Van Mahotsav, people plant saplings and encourage more people and various plantation drives are also carried out.
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Trees are the kindest things we grow’. This has been rightly said as the needs of all the living beings are fulfilled by them. But their depleting number has become a serious issue. To make students aware of this issue and taking initiative towards it,
Van Mahotsav, at its very core, was an attempt to raise awareness for the importance of forests and nature to the human civilization as well as it to the diverse wildlife that calls it home. In present times, Van Mahotsav stands for much more than that. Climate change and the rapidly changing landscape of cities, towns and countryside from clean, green, open spaces to an infrastructure and development layered dystopia. Trees carry out so many functions fundamental to the survival of our species as well as the survival of other species such as animals, birds, insects and microorganisms.

The survival of the human race wouldn’t have been possible without trees.

Van Mahotsav literally stands for ‘Forest' (van) and ‘Festival' (mahotsav) It is a Hindi Word which means ‘Tree Festival’. This tree planting festival is observed annually, over a period of week starting form 1st July to 7th July. It’s is celebrated to raise awareness among the masses about the importance of trees, their plantation conservation.  It was initiated in 1950 by K. M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food to create an enthusiasm in the mind of the populace for the conservation of forests and planting of trees.

What are the advantages of Van Mahotsav ?

  • It Increases greenery.
  • It reduces desertification.
  • It brings Rain in proper time.
  • It reduces the pollution level.
  • It minimizes the effect of drought and Global Warming.
  • It helps the factories to have a proper use of plant items without leaving a bad effect in the society and environment.
  • It minimizes the effect of soil erosion.
  • It helps to control Acid rain.
  • Floods can be controlled to some extent
  • Wildlife is preserved
  • Rains are more obvious.

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