Under the National Environment Campaign, a
one-day seminar on “Reduce carbon pollution and control seasonal
changes” was held at Government In-Service Training Centre, Patiala,
here today.
Padamshree Baba Sewa Singh, Khadoor wale, was
the chief guest. The seminar was organised by Punjab Sate Council of
Science and Technology, Chandigarh, with the help of environment and
forest department, Government of India.
Principal of the centre Inderjeet Kaur Gill
welcomed the chief guest. She stressed upon the need to preserve
environment for better living. She cited the example of Baba Sewa
Singh who had planted 50,000 trees in a campaign to save earth. Baba
Sewa Singh stressed on the need of planting more trees and preserving
them. He said: “Planting a tree alone was not enough. One should also
ensure that it is taken care of, so that it grows up into a healthy
tree.”
Dr Charanjit Singh from the Punjab Pollution
Control Board supported his opinion. He thought human greed was the
reason behind air and water pollution. Our current lifestyle had
already led to an increase in the temperature of earth by 1°C and
further increase would be deadly, he added. Gurnek Singh from the
Punjab Energy
Development Agency stressed on the need for
preservation of electricity. Project coordinator Archana Mahajan said
tiny steps could be helpful for preservation of air and water
pollution. Ban of polythene bags, using cloth bags, replacing meat by
vegetables were small things that were important.
