On the occasion of National Pollution Control Day, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) organised a workshop on ‘Environmental law Adjudication’ here on Tuesday, officials stated.
Principal Secretary of law Department, AK Samant Ray was the chief guest while the Secretary, Housing and Environment Department, Sanjay Shukla presided over the programme.In his inaugural speech, Ray shed light on the importance of environment conservation while saying that protection of natural resources is needed for ecological development.
During the workshop, many legal examples were used to explain the importance of environment conservation as any imbalance in the circle of nature causes huge inconvenience to the living beings including humans.Shukla said that rules and articles in law spread public awareness about environmental protection.He urged one and all to take the problem of environment pollution seriously and initiate appropriate action to check it.
Prof MK Ramesh from a Bangalore based law School, Prof Ajeem Pathan from Hidayatullah National law University, Raipur and the Government Counsel in Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur and member of National Green Tribunal (NGT), Bhopal, Siddhartha Singh also addressed the workshop.
Notably, the National Pollution Control Day is observed every year on December 2 in the country in order in the memory of thousands of people who died in the Bhopal gas tragedy, 30 years ago.