A teacher’s legacy:from classrooms to canopies
V. Selvaraj, a community leader in Maduravoyal, is urging the Greater Chennai Corporation to trim trees planted 15 years ago by students under the guidance of retiring teacher V. Kalaiselvi. The initiative has significantly improved the local environment, providing shade and cleaner air for residents. As Kalaiselvi retires, her legacy of community service continues through the thriving trees she helped plant.
- ▪V. Selvaraj is the vice president of the residents welfare association in Chokkanathan Nagar.
- ▪The tree-planting campaign was initiated by NSS students from The Hindu Theological Higher Secondary School.
- ▪Kalaiselvi, who retires after 18 years of teaching, played a crucial role in the initiative.
- ▪The trees, primarily Indian beech, have become vital for the community's environmental sustainability.
- ▪Residents are now requesting tree trimming for safety and health reasons.
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V. Selvaraj, a resident of Chokkanathan Nagar in Maduravoyal and vice president of the enclave’s residents welfare association, has a plea for Greater Chennai Corporation: “trim the trees, please!”. There is a sense of urgency in that polite but firm imperative and also an unstated pride. He has seen those trees in their “toddler” years, as defenceless saplings. Those days are only 15 years into the past, when a tree-planting campaign swept across Chokkanathan Nagar. It was powered by around 30 NSS students from The Hindu Theological Higher Secondary School in Sowcarpet under the guidance of the school’s NSS officer V. Kalaiselvi and the headmastership of V. Selvaraj.Planted by tender hands, the initiative has photosynthesised into a powerful statement about community service.
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