Delhi Environment and Forest Minister Imran Hussian inaugurated wildlife week at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday.
More than 250 school children from Model National Public School, Dharti Mata Trust, Bright Institute of Management and Technology and Pragati Path Foundation, participated in the event, alongwith their teachers and parents, besides senior officers of Department of Environment and Forest.
The Minister appealed to the citizens of Delhi to conserve wildlife of Delhi for a harmonious co-existence of all living beings. He gave specific example of Dinosaurs which had become extinct and enquired if Delhi people wanted the house of sparrows to have the same fate.
Interacting with the children, the Environment Minister talked about the changes brought about by urbanisation and about importance of greenery in present times. “Earlier people used to travel long distances over foot through jungles to reach a town, however, now people have to travel many kilometers in cars through a concrete jungle to reach a green corridors,” Hussian said while narrating the importance of wildlife to schoolchildren.