Chandigarh, June 5– Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal congratulated people of the state on World Environment Day. The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is ‘Air Pollution’.

In a message issued here today on World Environment Day, the Chief Minister said that air pollution is a global problem, which has become a threat to whole humanity on the earth. Therefore, various steps are being taken across the globe to save the environment from pollution.

He said that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has taken a form of revolution in the series of environment conservation. Efforts are being made in Haryana to segregate garbage and keep the environment clean. Under this campaign, the rural and urban areas of Haryana have become open defecation free. He said that concrete steps have been taken to stop deforestation in forest areas and burning of crop stubble besides implementation of ‘Har Ghar Hariyali Yojana’ and ‘Paudhagiri Yojana’. Apart from this, under the ‘Jal Hi Jeevan Yojana’, he also urged the farmers to produce other crops instead of paddy to save water.

“Let us come together and take a resolve on this World Environment Day that we will plant one sapling every year, keep our surroundings clean, not use plastic bags and stop wastage of water”, he added.