The Visva-Bharati college in West Bengal’s Santiniketan on Tuesday mentioned the annual tree plantation programme to mark the loss of life anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on August 7 won’t be held on the Bangladesh Bhavan this yr.
This time, the ‘Briksha Ropan’ programme will likely be held on the previous fairground, it mentioned.
“As a result of particular causes, the ‘Briksha Ropan’ has been shifted to Jagadish Kanon from the Bangladesh Bhavan compound,” the chief council of the college mentioned in a discover.
Atig Ghosh, a spokesperson of the central college, advised PTI, “Because of the current state of affairs in Bangladesh, we thought it will not be symbolically acceptable to organise a tree plantation operate within the compound of the constructing.”
The Bhavan, inaugurated in 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after which Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, was constructed with the monetary help of the Bangladesh authorities. Positioned on the sprawling Visva-Bharati compound, it homes a cultural centre and museum, amongst others.
Visva-Bharati was based by Tagore in 1921.
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