Against a backdrop of changing weather, rising pollution and thinning green cover, a more hopeful picture appeared across Bulandshahr and Gautam Buddha Nagar when Pahal Welfare Foundation turned tree planting into something closer to a public movement. Around 1,100 saplings were planted at seven different locations in the district. The drive did not stop at conservation: it became a working example of shared responsibility towards society, nature and the generations that follow.
From early morning the sites were busy. Volunteers, young people, women, social workers, local residents and a large number of children all took part in the planting. The species chosen were the ones that serve the local environment best — mango, neem, peepal, banyan, arjun and jamun. What gave the day its particular character was the children announcing that they would “adopt” the saplings they had planted.
Munesh Tevatia, State President of the foundation, said: “Planting trees is the simplest and most effective way to save the earth. Lasting change is only possible when society itself accepts responsibility for nature. If every family plants one sapling and looks after it, Bulandshahr can soon be known as a green district.”
D.K. Singh, Founder and National President, said: “Trees are the oxygen factories of the future. A sapling planted today will give clean, life-giving air to thousands of people in the years ahead. Our aim is not only to plant saplings but to build a green environment that can give coming generations a healthy and secure life. Pahal Welfare Foundation will continue to work with service, environmental protection and social awareness together.”
Closing the programme, State General Secretary Shakeel Ahmad thanked every partner, volunteer, social organisation and local resident, saying the drive was a symbol of the collective strength and positive thinking of the community. He added that the foundation will continue to run welfare programmes in environmental protection, cow service, education, health and social upliftment.
Those present included Munesh Tevatia, Shakeel Ahmad, Ali Bhai, Rakesh Kumar, Gajendra Singh, Mahendra Singh, Naveen Kumar, Harendra Singh, Dinesh Chand Arya, Akhilesh Sharma, Babita Rani, Pramod Singh, Dalbir Singh and Satendra Singh, along with other office-bearers, social workers and a large number of children. Every participant pledged to care for the saplings and to plant more.
The message the drive left with the district was a simple one: environmental protection succeeds not through schemes alone, but through public awareness, sensitivity and shared participation.
Around 1,000 saplings were planted at 12 locations across the district, part of a drive spanning Aligarh, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar — with school children planting alongside our volunteers.
From 20 to 23 July 2025 at Salempur on the national highway in Bulandshahr, thousands of devotees were hosted with rest, food and a doctors' team through the Sawan kavad yatra.
As every year, the foundation distributed blankets across Greater Noida from the first day of January — in jhuggi settlements, to temple priests, roadside labourers and vendors.
