Jhapa, April 5: Five local youths have set out on a Mechi-Mahakali walk today with the goal of raising nation-wide awareness on environment conservation and on urgent need of addressing the pressing issues as global warming and climate change.
The five youths on this mission are Subas Subedi, Hari Neupane, Padam Bhandari, Dinesh Bhandari and Umesh Kumar Rai. They started the walk from the Mechi Bridge on the eastern border of the country.
Subedi said the trek that has been initiated carrying the water from the Mechi river will conclude upon reaching the Mahakali river on the western border of the country after 60 days.According to him, during the course of their walk they will be organizing discussions in over 50 cities along the East-West major national highway on the theme of environmental conservation, along with the participation of local people’s representatives, various communities, students, and social and political personalities. They will also collect suggestions from the participants.
Subedi shared on the occasion that the main objective of the campaign with the theme, ‘Let us plant eight plants per person and contribute to nature conservation’, is to hold discussion on this topic with more than 12 thousand people and prepare over a thousand volunteers.
He added that during the 60-day journey they will also produce documentaries on the initiatives being made at the local level for environment conservation as well as organize workshops on promotion of renewable energy, waste management and addressing other environmental problems.The documents and achievements from the walk would be handed over to the President and the Prime Minister, according to Bhandari.
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