WED at Bojoghari school strives to bring ‘Bojo’ back to locality

GANGTOK, 05 June: Many must have wondered why a Gangtok suburb was named “the reside of granny”. As ill-informed as this notion is, the confusion was cleared by the students of Bojoghari Government Senior Secondary School on World Environment Day today. “Bojo”, the students inform, is the name of medicinal plant which was found in abundance in the area at one time, hence the name Bojoghari. The herb has since been wiped out from the area, but now that the students have revived that memory, an initiative has begun to reintroduce the herb of Bojoghari’s slopes and ridges.
World Environment Day was celebrated at the school today on the theme, “Bojo, A Wonder Herb: Plant, Protect & Preserve”. This herb was wiped out from the area in the last three decades, a press release issued by the school’s principal, Asha Khatri, informs.
Today, Class XII students of the school collected 150 saplings of Bojo from nearby Luing, Sirik and Pangthang and planted them in the school campus. The students also informed their peers about the medicinal properties of this plant.
Also today, the Waste Management Club of school, along with the student members, presented a special programme to highlight different aspects of cleanliness and keeping the environment clean. Class X presented a skit on “Solid Waste Segregation”. A display of discarded items innovatively recycled was also held.