To avoid leaving behind a dilapidated ecological system for the next generation, concerted efforts are needed to protect the environment, stressed Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday.
He said that the next generation is sure to be impacted by environmental issues of today and to avoid the perils of leaving behind a dilapidated ecological system, making concerted efforts to protect the environment from now onwards is the need of the hour.
Punjab’s local Bodies, Cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister, expressing his views during the third National Dialogue on Himalayan Ecology organized by Dialogue Highway, emphasized on the need to protect the environment from disaster.
Sidhu said that awareness needs to be spread in every nook and corner of the globe and a mass movement with active participation of people was needed.
He asked everyone to make efforts at their own level by planting trees and ensuring that the ecological balance is kept intact. “The next battle in the world would be over water and other aspects related to environment,” he said.