UP: Governor dedicates ‘Namo Van’ made on Japanese Miyawaki style to public

KANPUR: Governor Anandiben Patel on Sunday dedicated ‘Namo Van’, developed on Japanese Miyawaki style, at eight places in the city, including Traffic Children Park Vijay Nagar, Shaneshwar Temple, Ambedkar Park Panki, Jageshwar Hospital Complex, Ratan Shukla Inter College, Guptar Ghat, Traffic Children Park-Part -2 and in front of Saraimeera Gas Plant.
The governor on the occasion said that trees and rivers have a significant place in nature. “Today is the last day of a very big festival, which we celebrate as ‘Chhath Puja', and which is performed on the banks of rivers, but if there are no rivers in our country then how will we celebrate this festival,” she said.
She said, “Similarly, every state should have 33 percent of forest cover, only then people will get pure air and pure water. Every year, the temperature is increasing by 1-2 degrees. It is our job to save and grow trees and plants. I express my gratitude to those workers of the Municipal Corporation who have preserved the trees by their hard work.” “Labourers who are our brothers and sisters, discharge the responsibility which is entrusted to them. It is also our duty that those labourers should be provided benefits of all the welfare schemes run by the government so that they are not deprived of any benefit which they deserve. Every family has to come out of poverty and we have to give them a good life", she further said.
According to the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the work of providing pure drinking water to every household is going on at a fast pace under the Har-Ghar-Nal scheme. Similarly, work is being done to make the country pollution free. But this will be possible only when everyone participates in it, she said and added, “We will have to work unitedly to preserve our natural heritage.”
UP Assembly speaker Satish Mahana said it’s a tree which can stop pollution. “If we do not respect nature, it will not respect us. To maintain balance in nature, plantation is necessary”, he said and added “We have inherited a lot which we are using. We should also contribute for our future generation which will be able to take advantage of what we put in today and it is everyone's intention that our future generation should be healthy and happy.”
Giving a brief description of Namo Forest, mayor Pramila Pandey said in order to control environmental pollution, environmental protection and strengthen biodiversity in Kanpur city, Kanpur Municipal Corporation has undertaken a pilot project in the rainy season 2020-21. Nearly, 1,00400 saplings were planted at four sites namely Paras Peepal, Jamun, Moulshree, Arjun, Pilkhan, Sheesham, Goldmohar, Cazurina, Sukhchain, Gular, Mango, Ashok, Guava, Lime, Kinno, Ficus, Ticoma, Champa, Kalandra, Bottle brush, Jatropha, Bamboo, Kanair, Peach, Pear, Mulberry, Karunda, Henna and Tulsi.
This forest has been named on the technique developed by a Japanese botanist and ecologist Dr Akira Miyawaki to plant saplings of various species that are planted close to each other which develops into a dense urban forest. The growth of plants is ten times faster using this method and as a result the forest is developed thirty times denser. Through the Miyawaki method, a forest can be developed in just two to three years while it takes at least 20 to 30 years through the traditional method.