Environment Minister urges principals to join “Green Good Deeds” drive

NEW DELHI: Environment minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has appealed to the teaching community to join the “Green Good Deeds” campaign, launched by the Ministry to sensitise the people about climate change and global warming.

Addressing principals of all government schools from North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the Minister said that environment is a matter of global concern, as never before. The Minister reminded the teachers of their “Green Social Responsibility”.

Referring to the crucial role played by ‘Polio Sainiks’ from municipal corporation schools in the Pulse Polio campaign, the Union environment minister underlined the need for ‘Green Sainiks’ to broaden the ‘Green Good Deeds’ campaign and take it to the grassroots level.

The Minister also said that it is not impossible to restore our clean and green environment. “It is not merely a technical issue, but a moral responsibility to restore and return the clean and green environment to the next generation”, he stated.

A mobile application named ‘Dr Harsh Vardhan’ developed to reach out to people across India on the campaign, has also been launched recently. Referring to the budgetary allocation for research in frontier areas of digital technology, Vardhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his pragmatic vision for allocation of funds in the General Budget 2018. The Department of Science & Technology will launch a Mission on Cyber Physical Systems to support establishment of centres of excellence in areas of robotics, artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, big data analysis, quantum communication and internet of things. “India does not lag behind any country in the world in science & technology,” he said.