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“Grow more trees, save environment”

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NEED OF THE HOUR: K.T. Kandasamy, Deputy Conservator of Forest (social forestry), delivering a lecture in Tiruchi on Tuesday. —

TIRUCHI: Since global warming is threatening to pose serious problems, it is time to embark on afforestation programmes and restore degraded forest areas to raise more trees to protect the environment, according to V.T. Kandasamy, Deputy Conservator of Forest (Social Forestry), Tiruchi.

Growing more trees was the easiest way to protect the environment from further pollution, he said speaking at a one-day training of trainers workshop on global warming at the Cauvery College for Women here on Tuesday.

Hundred college students attended the workshop, organised by the Department of Environment, Tiruchi District Youth & Students’ Exnora and Bharathidasan University Students’ Exnora.

Proper disposal of solid waste, adoption of clean technologies and sustained environmental protection awareness programmes were the other measures that would go a long way in checking adverse effects of pollution, he said.

The developed countries had contributed more for global warming which would have an effect on the eco-system, bio-diversity, water resources and even the agriculture sector. Global warming could lead to droughts, change in cyclone patterns and reduce agricultural yields, Mr. Kandasamy observed. He said the student community had a crucial role to play in checking the environmental degradation by growing more trees and in creating awareness among the society, adding that it was high time the issue of global warming was addressed.

Cauvery College Governing Council secretary R. Rengarajan said the need to keep the environment clean should be nurtured from childhood. College Principal V. Sujatha and Tamil Nadu State Youth and Students’ Exnora president S.P. Mohan spoke on the occasion.

The workshop featured lectures on topics such as cause and effects of global warming, municipal solid waste management and environment effect on pre- and post disaster.

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