Islamabad, October 26, 2022 (PPI-OT):The HEC driven Green Youth Movement Club formed by Department of Environmental Science, IIUI in its aim to make the Campus a clean and green environment to be in, organized a cleanliness drive. The drive was held on as part of the campaign that is going on already for weeks. In the supervision of Dr. Sarah Amir, Focal Person- Green Youth Movement Club, around 400 students from all over the campus participated in the cleanliness drive aspiring for a healthy environment in the campus.
The event was addressed by Dr. Ayaz Afsar, Vice President Academics, IIUI and DEAN Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Dr. Mohammad Irfan Khan. Speaking on the occasion both of the guest speakers appreciated the participants, shared insights regarding the importance of cleanliness and efficient waste management.
The commencement of the drive was marked by ribbon cutting ceremony inaugurated by Dr. Ayaz Afsar and Dr. M. Irfan Khan. The students were divided into 5 teams according to 5 target locations for trash collection inside the female campus. The teams were instructed to report back with filled trash bags in front of Hazrat Fatima Block within an hour, shortly after which the cohort holding hand-made banners and posters, led by Dr. Sarah Amir and Dr. Nadia Akhtar (Department of Environmental Science) descended outside the campus for an awareness walk.
The organizers said that the outcome of this drive was not only a tidied-up campus, but it helped raise awareness on significance of a clean environment and also provided a platform for the students of the entire female campus to work for our environment. This huge outcome was a resultant of the efforts made by faculty, students, and GYM cabinet of IIUI, they opined.
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