Discussions and debates on forests and environment should not be a knee-jerk reaction to natural calamities, said Shashi Tharoor, MP. Afforestation has to be taken up urgently as a disaster mitigation strategy, he added.
Planting a tree adds to the happiness of the children and they are creating new friends by doing so, he pointed out while inaugurating the afforestation programme at Loyola School here.
The Tree-planting Week, ‘Vanamahotsavam’ was celebrated on Friday with a variety of functions including the inauguration of a miniature forest, ‘Vidyavanam’, Forestry Club, and greening of the campus.
