Environment Protection In A Progressive Way
India Eye International Human Rights Observer celebrated 'World Environment Day' on 5th June 2017.
The Managing Director Rakesh Sharma holds the basic objective on this 'World Environment Day'- "Environment is a treasure that needs to be preserved for the future generations. Our ancestors had handed over this treasured beauty to us, it is our duty to protect our earth and environment for our coming generations".
“Every day should be Environment day and every day one should promise to take care of their motherland,” exclaimed Rakesh Sharma, managing director of India Eye International Human Rights Observer (IHRO). Vowing for environment protection, IHRO in collaboration with UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June.
“We will leave a horrible place for future generations,” said Dr Bhure Lal, Chairman of Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). While the United States of America emits 22 metric tonnes of carbon per annum, India emits 2 metric tonnes of carbon yearly. Condemning Donald Trump’s decision of withdrawal from Paris Climate Change, he said that by the time Trump leaves office, United States would be forced to be a part of the treaty.
To secure the environment, he expressed the need for waste segregation and recycling the garbage. “Yamuna is expecting its funeral any day. We need to work towards waste segregation and recycling reform to ensure change,” he added.
SM Khan, Director General, Registrar of Newspapers for India proclaimed that environment protection can be ensured with ‘social awareness’ and ‘social sustainability’. Highlighting the fundamental duty, Right to Life and Directive Principle of the Indian Constitution, he said that apart from government, individual efforts are also essential in ensuring the society exists as a clean place.
Focusing on a holistic solution, Guru Karma Tanpai Rinpoche, International Bodha Dharm Guru said, “We need to work away from the selfish, ignorant and greedy politicians and businessmen that have polluted the society to an unbearable extent and ensure that every individual focuses on purifying the elements gifted to us by God.”
80-year-old Abid Suri, Chairman of Drop Dead Foundation shared his progressive solutions to the contemporary issues pertaining to the environment. He said that instead of telling people to save water or not harm the ecosystem, he put posters saying ‘Shivji said this… or Mohammed said this…’ By doing this, the people paid heat to the matter. “You can call it emotional blackmail, but this is how people listen to you,” Suri said. Abid Suri through his save water campaign and providing plumbing services free of cost to citizens has saved 20 million litres of water single handle in the last 10 years. “If I can do it, anyone can,” he added.
