A five-day training programme on eco-technology for sustainable development organised by the Applied Science Biotechnology and Civil Department of the GB Pant Engineering College Ghurdauri was inaugurated by environmentalist Jagat Singh 'Junglee' on Tuesday.
The event was attended by the research scholars of different university, educationalists and scientists. Addressing the function Junglee said that the efforts should be made to save the environment by using the traditional resources and give the details of the development work in the field of environment.
He said that he has developed a forest of different tree species at Kot Malla in Rudraprayag.The college principal Professor Anurag Kumar Swami said that the damage to environment had caused the recent disaster and elaborated the full details and stressed that new techniques should be implemented to save the environment.
Prof M Parandi from IIT Roorkee presented his research work and spoe on vehicular pollution and ways to counter it while Dr Rahul Srivastava of JP University Solan, Dr VN Kala, Dr Kirit Semwal, Dr Harish Chandra, Dr Bandana Shukla and others also expressed their views on the occasion.