Srinagar June 06: The Environmental Policy Group ( EPG) celebrated the World Environment Day 2024 at Greenland Paramedical & Nursing College, Hawal.
A large number of students and reputed environmentalists from various districts participated the event.
The noted social and environmental activist Zareef Ahmad zareef was the Chief Guest whereas the EPG Convenor Faiz Bakshi conducted the event.
Among the prominent civil society members and activists who participated in the event were : The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce &. Industry ( KCCI) Javed Ahmad Tenga ; the EPG co-founder & Amicus Currie Advocate Nadeem Qadri; The RTI & social activist Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat; the EPG Technical Advisor Er. Ajaz Rasool ; Former SMC Commissioner Dr. G.N.Qasba ; Advocate Asrar Ali the Chairman NLCO Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo; The former FCIK President Shakeel Qalandar; KHARA-KHAROF Vice Chairman Gowhar Maqbool; Head School of Design Assad ; Chairman Greenland Foundation Suhail Jan; The RTI Activist & EPG Co- Convenor Dr. M.M. Shuja ; EPG Co-Founders/ Governing Council Member Javed Shah and Dr. Tauseef Bhat ; Documentary Maker & Environmental CampaignerAbdul Rashid Bhat ; noted bird watcher /photographer / Green Citizens Council Member Reyan Sofi; Environmental Activists Tariq Patloo & Ghulam Rasool Akhoon ; Dal Lake Activist Jannat ; Green Citizens Council Members Syed Adil ( Ganderbal) ,Syed Farhat( Budgam) ,Mushtaq Ahmad Wani ( Beerwah). Educationist Sharief-ud-Din ( Sopore) , Bashir Ahmad Bhat & Muzaffar Rather of PoloGround Football Academy : Advocates Syed Mujtaba & Asrar Ali ; Amjid Rizvi & Mansoor Nabi Sofi; Gohwar from Spectrum Advertising and others.
The students from schools drawn from various Districts who made impressive presentation about the need for conservation of natural resources in order to leave a better environment for future generations included: Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School Beerwah; Valley Public School Sopore; Vision School of Education Hawal ; Sunshine Public School Rainawari; Blue Bells School Khanyar; GreenLand Institute of Paramedical & Nursing; Green Land Group of Institutions; GreenLand Foundation; Bilaliya Educational Institute; Satisar Education Institute Pampore .
The Chief Guest impressed upon the students to take keen interest in the conservation of natural resources blessed in abundance but facing threat due to greed and mismanagement. The speakers and students were later felicitated by the Chief Guest Zareef Ahmad Zareef , Convenor EPG Faiz Bakshi and other EPG Members.
A resolution proposed by Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat for segregating kitchen waste , compost the same and stop use of polythene was adopted at the Event.
