BY MOHD MAJID MALIK,DODA,MAR21— Like other parts of the state the forest division Bhaderwah today also organized a programme in the premises of the Govt Hr Sec School boys Bhaderwah to celebrate and observe world Arbor day which means plant plantation day .In the morning hundreds of the students of the different institutions, NCC cadets and members of the civil society took out a procession under the supervision of DFO Bhaderwah Bashir Ahmed Shah and second commanding officer 2nd company NCC Fareed Ahmed Fani where they shouted pro forests slogans and anti deforestation slogans which after passing through culminated in the premises of the Govt He Sec School Boys Bhaderwah where a big function held and DDC Doda Farooq Ahmed Khan who was the chief guest on the occasion first of all plant a Chinar tree along with Chief conservator Chenab circle Roshan Jaggi .Police officers of the sub divisional Bhaderwah ASP T R Katoch and SDPO Ab Quyoom also planted a tree on the occasion .Speaking on the occasion DDC Doda Farooq Ahmed Khan said that from today the forest division Bhaderwah and district administration will plant 2 lakh pants in and around constituency and added today we plant 700 plants in whole district to observe Arbor day .He also threw light on the importance of the day and congratulate DFO Bhaderwah for saving the green gold instead of many obstacles and threats from the smugglers .He stressed on the need of more and more plantation in the whole Doda distt with zeal and zest DDC Doda also distributed plants among the members of the civil society for plantation on the occasion .Chief Conservator Chenab Circle Roshan Jaggi also spoke on the occasion and said this year is declared as forest year by the UN assembly because green gold is vanishing in all over the world and there is need to launch once gain Chipku movement .DFO Bhaderwah Bashir Ahmed Shah and DFO Doda P N Pandita also spoke on the importance of the day and urged upon the people to follow the path of the M K Gandhi as he also worked for the conservation of forest and environment. Students of the schools and colleges also presented colorful cultural programme on the occasion which were appreciated by the audience on the occasion . Prizes and mementos were also distributed among the students as a good will gesture and a seminar along with painting competition was also held in the premises of the school .Prominent citizens .Ab Hafeez Khateeb ,Fareed Ahmed Fani ,Koshal Dogra ,Manjeet Razdan ,Ch Shabir ,Ch Mohd Iqbal ,Ab Kabir Malik and other also spoke on the occasion and appreciated the efforts of the forest division Bhaderwah for conservation of forests at Bhaderwah and extended whole hearted support to them .