Eco Sikh Club

ECO CLUB ACTIVITIES

A REPORT ON: ECO CLUB EVENT

Eco-lution

 Department of Civil Engineering organized ‘Eco Club Event’ on 22April, 2023 (Thursday) at 10:30 am till 1:00 pm. It was a day dedicated to environment filled with various activities like:-

• Poster Making
• Creating Best Out of Waste
• Quiz
• Cleanliness Drive

The event was started with quiz competition in which various teams participated. It was related to ‘Our Environment and Eco System’. Names of Teams were as follow

• Eco Experts
• Elemental Warriors
• Green Team
• Green Guru
• Green Warriors

Team Elemental Warriors bagged first position, team The green Team bagged second position and team Eco Experts bagged third position.

After that for ‘Poster Making’ students displayed their posters which were related to Eco-lution. The students explained about their vision to make the poster and the message they were giving through the poster. Furthermore for ‘Creating Best Out of Waste’students presented the things made by them from waste material.

In poster making first position is bagged by Vivan Kumar, second position is bagged by Roashan Kumar and third position is bagged by Upma Kumari. In creating best out of waste first position is bagged by Mahima, second position is bagged by Sushil Kumar and third position is bagged by Vivek Kumar Ram.

Moreover, Head of Civil Engineering Department Prof.Guljit Singh congratulated position holder and all the coordinators for the successful completion of event and also encourage

everyone to participate more in such events. Besides that, Prof.Gagandeep Singh briefed students about the importance of environment safety and how to safeguard environment by taking small steps individually as small steps leads to big changes. In the end event coordinator Ekamjeet Singh expressed gratitude to everyone for their valuable presence. Students of Civil Department had made this event successful by coordinating the event. List of coordinators is attached below:

Plantation on 1^st August,2019

Tree Plantation had been done to mark 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji on 31.07. 2019.Each staff member of Civil Engineering department and student has planted at least one tree sapling. The zone for plantation have been marked on campus at Zone E (Residents of Type A & B Flats). After planting the trees, the label shall be fixed on tree sapling using thread and the sapling will be nurtured by respective member.

Sikh Environment Day March 14, 2017

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engg college celebrated the Sikh Environment Day by organizing several activities related to saving the environment. This day marks the New Year in the Sikh Nanakshahi calendar and also the Gurgaddi divas of Guru Har Rai Ji, who is remembered in Sikh history for his deep sensitivity to nature and its preservation. S Ravneet Pal Singh (Project Manager India, USA based EcoSikh organization was the chief guest in today’s function.

Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the college Maj. Gen. (Dr) G.S. Lamba said that the teachings given by Guru Har Rai Ji about the environment are the basic tenets by which ecological balance around earth can be maintained. S. Ravneet Pal Singh in his address said that all around the world today, Sikh environment day is celebrated to commemorate the teachings given by seventh Guru Har Rai Ji, whose love for the environment by maintaining Nulakha Garden at Kiratpur Sahib became the motivation for preserving the ecosystem and being a Sikh it is our duty to take care of our environment. He said it is possible to survive without water and food for few days, but survival without breathing is not possible beyond few seconds, so we must plant as many trees as possible to keep the air surrounding us fit for breathing.

During this event more than 100 students participated in the poster making competition, around 400-500 students took out the environment awareness walk around the campus along with cleanliness drive. Around 30 water pots were hanged from the trees for birds along with tree plantation in the campus.