SACAA at St Aloysius College launches ‘Own a Tree’ Campaign
Mangaluru: St Aloysius College Alumni Association (SACAA) officially launched its initiative-themed ‘Own a Tree’ campaign at the campus of St Aloysius College, Autonomous on Saturday, October 2.
The campaign provides an opportunity to the alumni, students, and staff members of the college to own a tree on the campus and to get their name on the tree. It further allows them to have an option of tracking the tree through the use of Geo-tagging.
“The focus is to plant more fruit-bearing trees on the campus. We also have an option for the members to sponsor trees in the name of their dear ones,” an official press statement from SACAA stated.
“The funds collected by this initiative will be used for purposes like, 'Miyawaki Method of the plantation,’ Organic farming in the campus, QR Codes for trees in the campus (Plant Information). The Sponsorship Amount for the Campaign for alumni is Rs 3000 and for staff & students, it is Rs 2000,” it added.
Prashanth Kumar Pai, Range Forest Officer, launched the campaign and congratulated the college and SACAA for a wonderful green initiative. He emphasized the current situation where people are eager to chop the trees but are not passionate about planting one. He encouraged the college for this green initiative and promised full support to the college.
Rev. Fr. Melwin Pinto SJ, Rector, St Aloysius Institutions, and Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, St Aloysius College were present at the event. The campaign was inaugurated with the plantation ceremony at Alvana - Arboretum (Centre for Sustainable Diversity). A token of appreciation was handed over to Prashanth Kumar Pai for his commitment to nature and the environment.
Vaishali Puthran compered the event. Fr. Cyril D'Mello SJ, Secretary, MJES, Arjun Mascarenhas, Coordinator of the programme, Richard Gonsalves, Treasurer, SACAA, Naveen Mascarenhas, Secretary, SACAA and other Executive Committee Members were also present at the event.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
