President Urges Government and International Bodies to Save Nature | Bhubaneswar News – Times of India
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu expressed concern over global warming and rising incidents of extreme weather events and urged govt, international organisations and individuals to make efforts to protect and conserve nature. Murmu highlighted the disconnect with mother nature caused by the hustle and bustle of the daily grind and how humankind is exploiting nature for short term gains. While citing the severe heatwave condition experienced in India this summer, she warned of rising sea levels threatening to submerge coastal areas and lamented the heavy toll pollution has taken on marine life and ecosystem.
There are two ways, I believe, to meet the challenge of protection and conservation of the environment, broader steps that can come from governments and international organisations and smaller and local steps that we can take as citizens. The two are, of course, complementary. Let us pledge to do what we can do individually and locally for the sake of a better tomorrow. We owe it to our children, she said, while urging people to take responsibility for protecting the environment for future generations.
