The residents of Agraawoke early on Sundaymorning with a single

minded purpose. The mis-sion — ‘Save Yamuna andSave Taj’.

‘Ahvan,’ an initiative ofthe Environmental Educa-tion Council for Children(EECC) of DPS Society, was aclarion call by the students ofDPS to awaken the communi-ty’s slumbering conscience.After the inaugural at Haridwar and the succesfulproject at Mathura, the chil-dren of DPS, Agra decidedthat adults in their commu-nity could not shirk their re-sponsibility towards the sa-cred river, Yamuna and to-wards the historic monu-ment, Taj.

Chairman, DPS Society,Narendra Kumar while ad-

dressing the people said,‘‘The DPS Society hasincluded environmenteducation as part ofthe school curricu-lum to generateawareness andsensitize thestudents onhow to preserve nature’s

bounty for future genera-tions,’’he said. He

thanked, Mrs. InduJain, Chairperson,

Times Foundation,for expressing

solidarity withthe DPS Soci-ety in this no-

ble venture. On this momen-

tous event, Narendra Kumaralso announced the openingof a Shiksha Kendra, aschool for the underprivi-leged.

Two months prior to thecelebrations, the studentsparticipated in rallies, staged‘nukkad natak’ and tested &analysed water samples, in-teracted with residents andgovernment officials. Theirefforts culminated in a func-tion staged on the PohiaGhat. A project report wasdistributed on the occasion.

A spectacular cultural programme was witnessedby the people of Agra. It was an experience the children of DPS Agra andDPS Aligarh said they wouldnever forget, reiteratingtheir commitment to thecause of conservation,saying that this was a re-sponsibility they would car-ry all their lives.

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D E L H I The Times of India, New Delhi2 Wednesday, July 23, 2003

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