Voluntary outfit Youth Association for Development Initiative (YADI) organised a workshop on National Environment Awareness Campaign at the BJB Autonomous College here on Tuesday.
With the support of the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change and the Centre for Environmental Studies, Odisha, the programme enlightened the students on environment and related issues. YADI chairman Satyabrata Nayak presided over this programme.
Faculties from the BJB College, the Rama Devi Women’s University and the Centre for Environment Studies highlighted various environmental issues like air pollution, water pollution, global warming etc. They advised the students to spread awareness on the benefits of plantation that would address pollutions.
Dr Kailash Chandra Das from the BJB College narrated the difficulties the whole world is facing due to all these problems caused by tree cutting, massive use of plastic and polythene etc.