Sunil Negi
Lucknow, October 31, 2026
Uttarakhand Mahaparishad gave a grand welcome and felicitated renowned environmentalist and Padma Bhushan Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi on his arrival in Lucknow on Friday.
Carrying an inspiring message of environmental protection and nature conservation, Padma Bhushan Dr. Joshi is undertaking a cycle yatra from Nepal to Dehradun. Along with his 16-member team, he reached Lucknow on Friday via Janakpur in Nepal, Jaynagar, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Basti, Ayodhya and Barabanki.
On this occasion, Dr. Joshi and his entire cycle yatra team were given a warm welcome at the Uttarakhand Mahaparishad Bhawan in Kurmanchal Nagar. A special discussion on serious issues like environmental protection and climate change was organised at the Mahaparishad Bhawan.
Padma Bhushan Dr. Joshi shared his views on the changing nature, Himalayan environment, global warming and the increasing threat of natural disasters. He said that conservation of nature is not the responsibility of any one person, institution or government alone, but the collective responsibility of the entire human society.
Uttarakhand Mahaparishad President Harichand Pant, Convener Diwan Singh Adhikari, Dr. M.P. Bhatt and others were present on the occasion.
Progressive farmer M.P. Bhatt and other dignitaries felicitated environmentalist Dr. Anil Joshi at the programme.
