KATHUA, MAY 12: Forest Division, Billawar today organised an Awareness Programme at the auditorium of Government Degree College, Billawar as a part of one Month long “Mission LiFE Campaign-2023”.
The Awareness Programme comprised of a Debate competition on the theme of ‘Climate Change and Bio-diversity’ followed by an Awareness-cum-consultation workshop with the representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions.
The programme witnessed participation of over 300 people comprising DDC Nagrota Gujroo Narayan Dutt Tripathi, DDC Billawar Vikram Singh, DDC Mandli Neeru Bala, BDC Chairpersons Ashok Sharma; Reeta Devi & Nisha Devi, ADC Billawar Vinay Khosla, Vice Principal GDC Prof. Lekh Raj, Panches & Sarpanches of fire prone areas of Billawar and students and faculty members of various schools and colleges. Besides, Officers and Officials of various departments including Forest, Social Forestry, Forest Protection Force, Wild Life, Soil Conservation, Pollution Control Committee, Police, Revenue, Fire & Emergency Services, Rural Development.
Speaking on the occasion, DFO Billawar Vivek Modi, highlighted the theme of the Mission LiFE as envisioned by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at COP 26 focussing to bring individual behaviours at the fore front of the global climate action narrative. He underlined that Mission LiFE inspires us to do all that can be done in our daily life to protect the environment and that the environment can be protected by making incremental changes in our lifestyle.
