‘World Environment Day’ celebrated

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, June 4: To celebrate “World Environment Day”, WWF- India, J&K in collaboration with Global Gandhian Family, Youth Hostel Association and Environment Awareness forum organised “Save Tawi River” campaign.
In the campaign, about, 200 students from four eco-friendly schools namely Lawrence Public School, Panjtirthi, Sidhra, New Environmental School and Shiksha Niketan School participated and cleaned the polythene and other non- renewable damped wastes.
The participants took a pledge on the eve “World Environmental Day” to make the cleaning of river Tawi a regular activity, which is the main source of water to Jammu city and is now being degraded day by day due to garbage disposal.
During the event, Environmental experts attended the participants and said that due to pollution the aquatic flora and fauna especially the number of species of fishes have declined to a large extant in the river.
They appealed the students to save the city from various environmental problems in coming future.
After the cleaning of the river, the students took out a rally in the streets in order to aware the public about the pollution and its protection.
On the occasion, Additional DC, SP Verma from Global Gandhian Family, Major General GS Jamwal from Paryavaran Sanstha, Dr CM Seth, Chairpersons, WWF-India, J&K, Prof Bhoola Nath, Roop Lal Bharti, Retd PCCF, IC Jandial from J&K Public Technocrats Society, Bushan Parimo from Environmental Awareness Forum, Kapil Padha from Van Sampada, besides various others were present.