Awareness Generation Regarding Save Environment Save Earth to Rural Women of Hisar

The study was undertaken with the objective to create awareness regarding save environment and save earth by plantation of trees in the village. Majority of rural women 80.0 per cent were in the age group 30-40 years of age. Expert opinion from the Department of Forestry was sought regarding type of plants suitable for plantation in the selected village Gawar. Due to sandy nature of the soil and scarcity of water for irrigation in the village, nine plants were recommended by the experts for plantation in the village. The plants under preferred category were Acasia nilotica (Babool), Melia composita (Bakain), Prosopis cineraria (Khejari), Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Tecomella undulate (Rohida) while Thespesia populaneai (Bhindi tree) and Pongamia pinnata (Papri) were reported as under least preferred category. Majority (75.0%) of the respondents were aware about meaning of environmental pollution in general. With respect to awareness about types of environmental pollution, it was found that majority of the respondents had awareness about air (75.0%) and water (60.0%) pollution, however, comparatively less number of them were aware of soil (30.0%) and noise pollution. Survival rate of Acacia nilotica (Babool), Melia composita (Bakain), Thespesia populaneai (Bhindi tree), Eucalyptus tereticornis (Safeda), Prosopis cineraria (Khejari), Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Pongamiapinnata (Papri) plant was 82 to 95 per cent, however, 66.6 per cent Ailanthus excelsa (Mahaneem) plants survived. Survival rate of Tecomella undulate (Rohida) plant was minimum as only 34.0 per cent plants survived.