World Environment Day 2019 being observed today; Environment Minister insists on clean environment

Kathmandu / June 5: Various programs are being organized across the country today to mark the World Environment Day 2019.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari is attending an event in Nepalgunj today afternoon being organized by Ministry of Environment. Minister for Forest and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet and senior government officials are attending the event.

Various organizations working in the field of environment conservation are also organizing events in the capital to observe the day.

In a tweet, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli expressed best wishes to the Nepali people on the occasion of the World Environment Day.

He urged the Nepali people to work towards maintaining the balance between development and environment and making the “One Nepali: One Fruit Plant” campaign successful.

The World Environment Day falls on June 5 every year. The theme for this year’s World Environment Day is “Beat air pollution”.

Environment Minister insists on clean environment

Minister for Forest and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet today stressed the need for each individual to play a constructive role in keeping the world’s environment balanced.

“The government has devised a plan to collaborate with the stakeholders to make this year’s World Environment Day a success, and make its slogan ‘clean wind, healthy life’ relevant,” he said on the occasion of the World Environment Day.

Emphasizing the placement of environmental security at the center, he said the tendency of depending upon only the government should be renounced to achieve a goal of any sort.

The morning procession organised prior to this was attended by Minister Basnet, the ministry secretary Bishwanath Oli and stakeholders among others. The participants took out a rally going through Nepalgunj bazaar with placards in their hands and chanted slogans. RSS