Guwahati, July 7 -- A simple birthday celebration by a two-year-old girl became the first chapter of a larger environmental movement in Assam on Tuesday as Bhaswika Talukdar, who turned two, celebrated the occasion by planting a sapling at the ceremonial launch of the 'Janmadin Seuj Shapat Udyan' (Birthday Green Pledge Garden) at Topatoli in Sonapur under the Dimoria Legislative Assembly Constituency in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district.

The programme, inaugurated by Assam's Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah, marked the beginning of a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative that seeks to transform birthdays into occasions of environmental responsibility by encouraging citizens to plant a tree on their speci...