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| ACS Forests attends multiple events, lauds J&K people for supporting environment conservation initiatives | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 5: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Forests, Ecology & Environment, Dheeraj Gupta, today chaired the celebration of World Environment Day held here at Tagore Hall, Srinagar.
Being jointly organized by the Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing and Amar Singh College Srinagar, the event was aimed at to raise awareness on importance of environment protection with the theme "Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience" which highlights the increasing impacts of water stress and land degradation across the world.
Dheeraj Gupta appreciated the Forest, department and its sister wings for organising the event in coordination with other departments and educational institutes. He complimented the Forest Department for achieving higher targets under various deliverables assigned by the government in addition to plantation of 180 lakh saplings in 2023-24 under Green JK Drive involving Panchayati Raj Institutions and other stakeholders. He applauded the role of people of Jammu & Kashmir in supporting the Forest Department in the greening campaigns and other initiatives.
The Financial Commissioner inspected various paintings and participated in the ceremonial plantation program at the Amar Sigh College Campus along with other senior officers.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF), Roshan Jaggi, while speaking on the occasion, highlighted the challenges being faced in managing and conserving natural resources. He reiterated that World Environment Day provides us an opportunity to seriously think about the environment we live in besides pondering over the fact that what we would be leaving for our future generations. He stressed on sustainable use of water resources and creation of water harvesting structures especially in areas facing water scarcity during the summer season. He called upon every stake holder to take steps and partner on the efforts to protect and conserve our lakes, wetlands and streams.
He informed that plantation drives, green marches, cycle rallies, plastic cleanliness drives, interaction with tourists, cleaning of water bodies, sanitation actions, debates and painting competitions have been organized on the day to spread awareness about the need and importance of protecting our environment.
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