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| Chief Justice Mittal for creating awareness about environmental legislations | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Highlighting the importance of providing legal literacy regarding environment, Chief Justice (CJ) High Court, J&K Justice Gita Mittal today said it is imperative that people are educated about the concerns of the environment and more importantly about the legislations related to the environment.
Justice Gita Mittal made these remarks at the plantation drive function organized by the Department of Floriculture in collaboration with the State Legal Services Authority, here at Emporium Garden of Government Arts and Emporium.
Explaining the connection between the court and plantation drive, the CJ said legal services is an integral part of ensuring court's access to the justice for a common man. "The Legal Services Authority (LSA) is an act which mandates in encouraging legal literacy and the issue of environment falls in the ambit of legal literacy," Justice Gita Mittal said. The Chief Justice said that people should know the framework which legislation has provided to ensure the maintenance of the environment. She urged for the need to create awareness about the environment, plantation, water, air, animals and everything which encompasses ecology.
Concerned over the issue of global warming, Justice Mittal said the impact of global warming is felt world-over. In Kashmir itself the effects of the global warming are felt with melting and shrinkage of glaciers, unwarranted floods, and unwarranted high temperature, the CJ said.
Earlier, the CJ was informed that the plantation drive would be carried out in two phases. In the first phase, the target of 25 per cent ornamental plants and trees would be completed in next four weeks, while as the second phase in which 75 percent of plantation would be carried out will be done during the spring of 2019.
In addition to this, Chinar plantation drive would also be initiated during the spring of 2019. Besides, 1500 ornamental plants would be provided to various schools so that the concept of plantation gets inculcated among the young children in their respective schools.
Later, the CJ along with other dignitaries initiated the plantation drive by planting various trees in Emporium garden here. |
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