It is vital for the youth to play an active role in conservation of water resources and the environment, said the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) and Uttarakhand Science Education and Research Centre (USERC) director and director general of Uttarakhand State Council of Science and Technology (UCOST) VK Dhaundiyal. He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on the application of remote sensing the GIS in water resource management jointly by USAC and USERC with the assistance of Uttarakhand State Council of Science and Technology and Doon University at the university on Wednesday.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Dhaundiyal said that USAC and USERC should lay stress on activities related to the environment of the Himalayan region in the future while also working on GIS training and awareness generation in educational institutions.
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Director YVN Krishna Murthy said that imbalance in the environment is the main reason for natural disaster apart from being the main cause of various anomalies. As far as possible, every individual must play a part in environmental conservation, he stressed. Vice chancellor of the Doon University and Uttarakhand Technical University, Professor VK Jain stressed on the need for conserving water sources and utilising remote sensing technologies. Stressing on the importance of tree plantation for environmental conservation, he said that the use of natural resources should be optimal.
Students from various educational institutions, researchers and faculty members were among those participating in the workshop.