MLA felicitates 250 gardeners, calls them ‘green guardians’

Lucknow: Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Thursday felicitated 250 gardeners and distributed premium gardening kits and T-shirts at a programme held at his Aashiana residence.The event, organised with support from Shri Pitambara Baglamukhi Siddhapeeth Uttarakhand Trust, Environment Warriors and Green Smile Society, aimed to promote grassroots participation in environmental conservation.Addressing the gathering, Singh described gardeners as “green guardians” and stressed that environmental protection requires sustained public effort. “Issues like depleting groundwater, indiscriminate tree felling and shrinking water bodies demand collective action,” he said, urging residents to adopt gardening and plant at least one sapling.The MLA also extended financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh each to two bereaved families — that of Kajal Rawat from Sahijanpur, who died in a road accident, and Mahak Yadav, wife of late Anuj Kumar Yadav from Balsingh Khera.Officials said the assistance is part of Singh’s ongoing outreach initiative, under which 17 widowed and destitute families, including members from the legal fraternity, have received support.