Mangalore, Apr 25: With an aim to work towards the protection of environment, the National Environment Protection Union organised a ‘Parisara Sahitya Sammelana’ (literary conference on environment) after establishing a resembled forest near Shediguri at Ashok Nagar on April 24, Thursday.
Speaking after inaugurating the conference, environment journalist Nagesh Hegde said that the increasing human greed is turning the nature into tragic curse.
He also said that, ever since the existence of earth, human beings are induleged in destroying the environment around him for his personal benefits.
Hegde also said that, as per the touch of imagination to the scientific definition of the evolution of the earth, the earth at present is 46 years old, which means in the 45th year earth started to cool itself to make the conditions suitable for living and the process went on till it reached 40 years. While the age of 42, rain lashed the earth cooling the heat and enabling the earth to support life on its surface. In the age of 43, first flower blossomed beautifying the mother nature and at the age of 45, dinosaurs existed and vanished within a year. Human beings greed increases in every minute, destructing the beauty of nature.
He also said that the population of the world has reached to 750 crore and man is encroaching the maximum land, doubling his aspirations and destroying nature. Hence every human being must take steps to understand the importance of protection of nature.
Artist Dinesh Holla inaugurated the exhibition in a unique way by painting and writing a poem, opposing the proposed Yettinahole project.
The guests also inaugurated the book stalls and herbal products stalls exhibited during the occasion.
Litterateur Dr Na D’Souza, Prajavani bureau chief Balakrishna Puttige, Ramakrishna Math president Sri Jitakamananda Swamiji, environment columnist Dr Narendra Rai Derla, Milagres College professor A A Richard Rebello and others were present on the occasion.
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