Task Force Constituted for Environmental and Climate Awareness and Protection in All Universities of the State

• 22 Jul 2022

Why In News?

Recently, on the directions of Governor Anusuiya Uikey, a letter has been sent to all the universities by the Raj Bhavan Secretariat for setting up of a Task Force for awareness and conservation of environment and climate in all government and private universities of the state.

Key points

• It may be mentioned that this letter has been issued to all the universities by the Raj Bhavan Secretariat in pursuance of the instructions received at the Governor's Conference held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in November 2021 in New Delhi.
• As per the instructions received in the Governor's Conference, a task force will be set up in all the universities to engage the students to keep the country's environment clean by 2030 and to achieve the goals of renewable energy for the economic development of the country.
• In this regard, all the universities have been directed to constitute a Task Force at the earliest and to send the report of the work done by the Task Force to the Raj Bhavan Secretariat, Raipur within the time-frame in each month.
• Further, on the directions of Governor Anusuiya Uikey, a letter has been sent by Raj Bhavan Secretariat for organizing cleanliness and tree plantation programme in all the universities and colleges affiliated to them in the State.
• It may be noted that cleanliness and tree plantation programme is to be organized with an aim to keep all the universities and their affiliated college premises in the state green and clean and to create awareness about environment protection among students.