LAHORE:The University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) Thursday organised various activities to mark the World Environment Day, here at the city campus.
A walk, a seminar, an inter-varsity poster and model making from reusable waste items competitions feathered the day, observed with the theme ‘Only One Earth’. The purpose of the event was to create awareness about importance of earth and strategies to conserve and protect environment.
UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad led the walk and took the round of the campus while Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) Director Fakhir Raza, Lahore School of Economics Centre for Policy and Environmental Studies Chairman Prof Dr Nawaz Chaudhry and a number of students and faculty members participated in the walk.
Prof Nasim Ahmad advised students that their study should not be limited to their classrooms, rather they should use their knowledge and skills to explore opportunities of research in their surrounding areas and play a role to keep environment neat, clean and healthy for the next generations.