Hoshiarpur - The 3rd Environment Conservation Mela-2024 is being organized at Nehru Rose Garden Ludhiana under the guidance of Baba Gurmeet Singh on February 3 and 4, 2024 with the support of Municipal Corporation Ludhiana. More than 100 stalls related to environment conservation will be set up in this fair, including more trees with native species, water conservation, soil conservation, organic kitchen gardening, water management and composting, air pollution, noise pollution, energy saving, Information will be given regarding solar energy, healthy food with special emphasis on millet.
Deputy Commissioner Hoshiarpur Komal Mittal informed that 'Soch' (Environmental Treatment and Conservation Society) is a non-profit organization. which is working to conserve natural resources and reconnect people with nature. This organization has been organizing environmental conservation fairs for the last two years Through which awareness is being created among the people about the conservation of natural resources. He said that 10 awards will be given to Gram Panchayats, NGOs, individual people, students etc. who have done commendable work in various fields in this environmental conservation fair. Giving detailed information about the awards, he said that the first award with a prize money of one lakh 'Puratan Jhri Award' will be given to that panchayat or institution of Punjab which has preserved the ancient jhri in its natural form for at least 100 years. . The second 'Jithe Safai Atar Khudai' award with a prize money of 75 thousand rupees will be given to the Gram Panchayat/Institution of Punjab, which has kept its streets, ponds, public places etc. clean while keeping its village close to nature. . The third award with a prize money of 50,000 will be given to the hardworking person/persons who are making a significant contribution to the protection, care and rescue of wild life in Punjab. The fourth award will be the 'Organic Farming Award' worth Rs 50,000. This award will be given to the nature-minded farmer of Punjab, who, considering the earth as mother, will neither set fire to the land nor burn it. He will be using chemical farming methods. Instead of the crop cycle of wheat and paddy, he would cultivate a variety of crops. A farmer with organic carbon rich land with organic resources will be eligible for this award. The fifth award with a prize money of 25 thousand rupees 'Chhat Te Bagichi Award' will be given to the nature lover of Punjab, who is getting vegetables, fruits and flowers etc. by creating a home garden using organic resources. The sixth 'Green Campus Award' with a prize money of 25 thousand rupees will be given to any nature-minded government and private college of Punjab, in which the campus has been made clean and nature-friendly by giving priority to greenery and environmental protection. would have gone The seventh award will be the 'Multimodal Farming Model Award'. This award will be given to the model of multimodal farming developed by those nature-minded students of any agricultural college in Punjab, who will demonstrate the model for environmental conservation. For more information in this regard can be contacted on 94637-74370. The eighth award will be 'Environmental Conservation and Model Award', this award will be given to those students of nature-minded government schools and private schools who have shown exemplary environmental conservation. The last date to apply for the competition is January 25, 2024. For more information in this regard can be contacted on 9501800708. The ninth award will be 'Environmental Short Film Award' This award will be given to a short film (maximum three minutes) made on a topic related to the environment of Punjab. The last date to apply for this award is 8 January 2024. The tenth award will be related to photography on environmental conservation and will be given to a photograph taken by a non-professional photographer from Punjab. The photograph by the photographer should relate to the nature or fauna seen in the residential area.