Experts stress on sustainable urban environment in post-Covid world

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 5

The Centre for Sustainable Habitat (CSH) and Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) of Guru Nanak Dev University organised a webinar on the topic Sustainable Urban Environment in the post-Covid World with focus on ecosystem restoration to celebrate the World Environment Day 2021.

The webinar was presided over by Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University. He said there was scanty development of the urban settlements when cities were facing very little environmental issues. He stressed that rising population of the cities was responsible for many of the water, air and land related challenges leading to unhealthy urban living.

Shailendra Kaushik, co-founder of Cities Forum, London, talked about the urban development and mobility challenges the cities around the globe were facing. He suggested that proper blend of urban planning and green mobility options would make the cities resilient to pandemics in the future. Prof Ashwani Luthra, coordinator, CSH, introduced the theme of the webinar and stressed the need to restore the urban ecosystem for better urban living in the post-Covid limes.

Plantation drive to change face of Chali Khoo area

On the occasion of World Environment Day, Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu and Commissioner Komal Mittal jointly started planting 400 trees to change the face of Chali Khoo area. The city Mayor said the pollution in the city was on the rise and we were also in the middle of a pandemic. Therefore, to keep the city of Amritsar green, 400 trees are being planted on the sites of Chali Khoo. This would change the face of the area where the residents of the city would get clean air. Mayor Rintu said planting trees makes our environment prosperous and brings prosperity in our lives. He said that with the global warming and air quality declining many people today is falling prey to diseases and to avoid this it is very important to plant trees. He said that Punjab’s largest micro forest was also being developed in Amritsar.

Praising the support and efforts of the volunteers, he said every resident of Amritsar should plant at least one tree to keep the city green.

In 1902, the government dug 40 wells to supply water to Amritsar. There was a time when it was considered to be a considered a posh area of the city but now, it has been barren for many years. Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu asked the Municipal Corporation and volunteers to make efforts to plant maximum trees here.

Students take part in poster-making contest

Online speech and poster-making competitions were organised to celebrate World Environment Day by Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Tarn Taran on Saturday.

Students from the senior classes participated in the competition with enthusiasm. House wise one best entry for each competition was chosen. NCC cadets too participated in the competition. Principal Ranjit Bhatia asked students not to pollute the environment by any means.

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