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‘Think globally and act locally’

Udhagamandalam: It was high time the people of the Nilgiris sat up and took serious note of the problems caused world wide by global warming, said the Convenor, Indian National Trust for Art, Culture and Heritage (INTACH), the Nilgiris Chapter, Geetha Srinivasan here recently.

Speaking at the screening of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Al Gore’s film on global warming ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ organised by INTACH and the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWLEA), she underscored the need to launch a campaign to make the people of this ecologically sensitive district aware of the problem and its catastrophic consequences.

Exhorting people to ‘think globally and act locally’, she said since this district enjoyed reputation of being a ‘walker’s and trekker’s paradise’ the residents particularly younger generation should shun vehicles and walk more. Apart from keeping in good health it would bring down vehicular pollution, conserve natural resources and prevent traffic jams.

Ms. Srinivasan appealed to the people to make the Nilgiris “the first district to replace all the bulbs in houses and public places with compact fluorescent lights and follow the policy of refuse, recycle and reduce”.

More and more solar appliances should be introduced in homes, hotels and other institutions.

Adverting to the film, she said that while making it clear that global warming was not a political issue, it pointed out that it was a moral and ethical issue which would affect the survival of mankind.

Major General (Retd) L.K.Gupta of INTACH, New Delhi urged the district administration to declare the area where the Collectorate, the Nilgiri Library and Saint Stephen’s Church were located as a ‘heritage zone’ and put up signages.

Expressing concern over the condition of the old building which housed the Breeks School here, he pointed out that it was not only a heritage building with rare features but also bore the name of the first Collector (then Commissioner) of the district.

He urged the district administration,the old students and like minded person to restore the building to its former glory.

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