Srinagar, May 11 (KNS): Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his pride in the Jammu and Kashmir government's remarkable achievement of planting over 15 million trees across the Union Territory in the previous financial year.
Speaking during the Youth-20 (Y20) consultation meet on climate change under India's G20 presidency, at Kashmir University he said, "In the past financial year only, we have planted more than 15 million trees across J&K. I take pride in the fact that our natural resources are growing. The green cover has grown up in the past few years to 55 percent."
The LG said that the message of Y20 consultation conference signals the encouraging prospect for a new energy in a global partnership on environment, development, and the collective effort to ensure equity, global prosperity, and better quality of life."
"The major challenges for the next 25 years are to protect the climate and promote sustainable development. It means, as one family we need to nurture the earth that sustains life and sustainable development objectives should be translated into collective action to transform the lives of the common man," he added.
He also said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already decided to fight against every climate change challenge into a mass movement and promote environment conscious lifestyle.
"The fight against climate change has turned out to be the top priority for the young generation and I am confident that the youth will bring good solutions for it," he added.
"I believe that the young generation has seen a rise in innovative ideas with action to preserve the natural resources and also become active stakeholders in this movement to formulate and implement policies on healthcare, education, environmental, and clean drinking water resources," the LG added.
"I believe that each element in the ecosystem is of different music notes, and I called this sound of nature the best music ever produced in the climate," he said.(KNS)