By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Interacting with the students of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) at 9thMile near Guwahati, noted environmentalist Ajita Tiwari urged upon the youths to protect the environment before it is too late.
“Till now it’s not so late. To protect the environment from continuous degradation we must have love for their land. Whenever a development work takes place in and around, one must take the initiative to know about the project and what impact the project could have on the environment,” said Tiwari addressing around 100 odd students from different states of the region at the college premises on Tuesday.
Environmentalist Ajita Tiwari interacting with students
Tiwari is the facilitator of Indian Network on Ethics and climate Change (INECC), Mumbai has worked on various climate change and environmental issues in different parts of the country, which includes both research and advocacy related works.
She also enlightened the students with various burning environmental issues in the northeast India. Tiwari who came with other environment experts, said that the onus of protecting the environment is on the young hands or else NE will lose all its charm “Very Soon”.