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World Environment Day: MLA GTD urges eco-protection and tree planting
Mysuru: Due to rising global temperatures and climate change, several problems are emerging. Along with development, we must also conserve natural resources. If we fail to understand that humans cannot survive without the environment, it will lead to difficulties in the future, Chamundeshwari MLA GT Devegowda said.
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Speaking at a programme organised by the forest department to celebrate
at Koorgalli, where the lake development and tree planting initiative was launched, he said: "For clean air and a healthy society, we need trees around us. Only then can we breathe and live peacefully."
The JDS MLA added that while we have progressed scientifically, our ancestors ensured the air remained breathable by planting rows of trees. "That's why we still see many large trees," the former minister said.
He emphasised that the neem trees along the Outer Ring Road in the city help the urban area maintain clean air. "Trees protect our health and well-being," he noted. He expressed concern that rivers are getting polluted. Although we say we drink clean water, in reality, we consume contaminated water. "Even in Bengaluru, though people drink water from the KRS (Krishna Raja Sagara), pollutants from the Lakshmanateertha River are mixed in it," he said.
He mentioned raising this issue in the legislative assembly and emphasised that we must prevent toxic substances from entering waterbodies. "Everyone must become aware and actively protect the environment," he advised.
"Every home should plant at least one tree and encourage others to do the same," he said, and praised Automotive Axles Limited for undertaking the development of the Koorgalli lake as part of World Environment Day celebrations.
