Children at Shepherds' International Academy celebrate Vana Mahotsava; take pledge to plant trees
Mangaluru: The Shepherds’ International Academy on June 29 celebrated Vana Mahotsava at its premises in a bid to remind the children the importance of trees in the environment.
To mark the occasion the dress code for the kids was set as Green. The students were also made to watch a short-film highlighting the effects of deforestation and its impact on ecosystem and animals, to make them appreciate and protect the natural resources.
A press release from the academy added “Trees are the kindest thing we grow, this has been rightly said as the needs of all living things are fulfilled by them. But their depleting number has become a serious issues and taking this initiative the academy organised Vana Mahotsav”.
The students along with the teachers took a pledge to do their best to grow more trees and lessen the menace of pollution. The programme was concluded with students planting saplings and sowing seeds.
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Three of family killed as car overturns in Mandya
Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.
The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.
In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.
The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.
