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The High Court had registered a suo motu case based on a letter signed by students of St Augustine's Girls Higher Secondary School, Muvattupuzha, on July 19, 2010, against the practice of disfiguring trees by nailing advertisements. The students of the school had sent the letter to the court after their attempts to convince the environmental organizations to speak on their behalf failed miserably. So they decided to send a letter to the court attested by their headmistress. The pictures of trees nailed with postures and signboards were also attached with it. The high court couldn't ignore the good gesture put forward by the little ones and decided to appoint an advocate on behalf of the students. A notice was sent to the government to know their explanation. The state government told the High Court that it had issued a circular on July 15, 2011, asking local self-government institutions to take steps to prevent misuse of trees. But the division bench pointed out that the circular only insisted that no damage, injury, or harm should happen to trees while putting up advertisements. "The government may not know the damage caused to the trees by nailing signboards on them; but the students understand it better and knew that it will cause damage to the environment," the division bench said in its order. The court also decreed that the government should issue an order within a month to all concerned authorities including local self government department about the same and curb the practice at the earliest. The high court judgment resulted in a sort of celebration in St. Augustine girl's higher secondary school. "We are happy that our students have achieved something big for the conservation of nature. Our students have shown that even little ones can perform wonders in this country," says Principal Rani Jose. |