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Sunday, Jun 06, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

CM calls for environment protection

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JUNE 5. The need for protecting environment and saving `ourselves' was underscored by the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who inaugurated `paryavarana bhavan', headquarters of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that creating environmental awareness was the need of the hour. Pollution was alarmingly on the rise, especially in urban areas, he said with particular reference to vehicular pollution.

He recalled that a year ago he visited the dumping yard at Autonagar where there were `mountains of waste'. "We need to explore the potential for converting domestic waste into fuel, even power," he said, adding that bio-plantations needed to be encouraged as they could also provide income to farmers.

The Minister for Environment and Forests, S. Vijayarama Raju, said that plants like `jetrofa' (wild castor) and `junifera' (a leguminous plant) needed to be cultivated in a big way in the rural areas so that they could yield large quantities of bio-diesel and hence benefit farmers.

Green march

The National Green Corps celebrated the World Environment Day by taking out a green march from GPO Abids to the Public Gardens. The Minister for Environment and Forests, S. Vijaya Ramaraju, flagged off the march.

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