The World Environment Day was celebrated in various ways in different Government departments and institutions on Monday. The Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project (UDRP) and Uttarakhand Emergency Assistance Project (UEAP) under the Disaster Management Department of Uttarakhand marked the occasion by conducting a cleanliness drive and street play near Sahastradhara in Deharadun.
The activity began with a cleaniness drive conducted by the officials of UDRP and UEAP, which was aimed to sensitise tourists about their responsibilities towards environment. It was followed by street play staged at Sahastradhara and near Secretariat highlighting the issues and problems related to environment degradation and how to minimise these issues by taking simple steps towards environment conservation.
Disaster management secretary Amit Singh Negi, UDRP deputy programme director Sunjay Mathur and other officials were also present on the occasion.
At the Indian Institute of Petroleum the occasion started with the IIP director Anjan Ray spoke about the background of the world environment day. Sanjay Sondhi of Titli Trust spoke on ‘Bio-diversity in the Indian Himalayas’ informing that out of the 35 bio-diversity hotspots of the world the Himalayas were one hotspot.