Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi expresses deep concern over the deteriorating ecology of the Himalayas. Urged that the Save Himalayas project be implemented at the earliest
The former union HRD minister Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi even at the age of 91 is as active and healthy as before. Though a little bit slim due to age related precautions, he informally interacted with senior journalists at his 6 Raisina Road residential lawns this evening expressing his serious concerns over the man made disasters in the entire Himalayan states especially Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh , Kashmir and even Punjab. Though leading a sort of a retired life , the founder of BJP Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi interacted at length for incessantly over two hours with senior journalists Umakant Lakhera,, Anil Tyagi , Pankaj Vohra and me on issues related to the all weather roads of Uttarakhand, global warming , the degrading eco system of the Himalayas, massive deforestation and melting glaciers. He seemed badly worried raising several important aspects of the degrading ecological aspects of the Himalayas and the Himalayan states urging for an urgent need for a central Himalayan authority to deal with the increasing ecological disasters, degrading ecology of the Himalayas, the increasing pollution, global warming and ofcourse the apathetic government towards Himalayas, its incessantly degrading ecology, literally damaging the ecology of the hills through impractical environmentally unfriendly developments. Dr. Joshi expressed the need to talk on the issue of Himalaya deeply, the increasing disasters and its possible extinction and fund a credible way out to lessen the consequences especially since Uttarakhand in Zone 5 , a highly seismic zone indicative of future earthquakes , God forbid them. Some of those who were present during these interactions were former union health minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan , cabinet minister, Delhi Parvesh Verma , Harish Awasthi, Jagdish Mamgain, former Councillors , Bhanu bhai, Semwalji, state minister Khadi Uttarakhand government, Zaki Haidar, editor and many others.
