Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 26: We The Human Forum for Nature and Mankind in collaboration with Swasthya Evam Shiksha Charitable Trust New Delhi today distributed 80 COVID-19 hygiene kits and two sewing machines among poor people of village Halqa in Marh block of Jammu district.
Apart from Captain Lalit Sharma Retd APCCF Vice Chairman of We The Humans, its executive body members Mohinder Kumar and Sana, leading social activists of border area Lala Devi Dass Sharma, Ashwani Sharma, Mukesh, Sushma Kumari and a number of local people were present on the occasion.
Giving awareness about COVID-19 Hygiene kits, Captain Lalit Sharma Vice Chairman of We The Humans said that people need to save themselves from the pandemic by taking utmost precautions suggested by the Government of India and Indian Medical Association. Use of alcohol based sanitizer, regular washing of hands and clothes with use of facemasks is essential till the emergence of a vaccine for COVID-19, he added.
He exhorted the agriculturist community to shift back to traditional systems of farming and stop usage of hazardous chemical pesticides, fertilizers weedicides and herbicides. These chemical fertilizers and pesticides not only affect fertility of our agricultural fields in longer run but also are reason behind increasing cases of cancer and serious other ailments in J&K.
He further advised farmers to desist from malpractice of burning stubble and root stock after harvesting is over. Stubble burning is a serious problem in North India and this may aggravate the conditions of patients, especially our children & elders having respiratory problems.
He made a request to Manoj Sinha Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to develop banks of river Chenab at Pargwal as a protected birds sanctuary, where hundreds of species of migratory birds show their charms, during winters.
Mohinder Kumar and Lala Devi Dass Sharma also spoke on the occasion.
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