KATHMANDU, June 5: Nagarik Sanjal, Kathmandu organized a tree plantation on the premises of Janaprabhat Secondary School in Tahachal on Monday with the slogan 'Against Plastic Pollution.' The tree plantation is expected to help combat rising air pollution.
Niru Maharjan, chairperson of Nagarik Sanjal, Kathmandu, said that different species of saplings were planted on the school premises with the aim of increasing environmental cleanliness on the occasion of the World Environment Day.
"Environmental pollution has had adverse effects on the brain of the unborn child, so planting trees is an indispensable task," she said.
During the tree plantation program, the school’s principal Satyendra Lal Karna said that the program conducted by the Nagarik Sanjal will make his school area greener and the air will be cleaner.
Tree house and fishing in Yalambar
KMC Ward-10 Chairperson Rajendra Manandhar said that it is easy to plant a tree, but it is very difficult to grow it.
Similarly, the outgoing Chairperson of the School Management Committee, Ramsharan Dangol, said that due to tree plantation, the school area will be pollution-free and green and the students can benefit from this.
On June 16, 1972, the United Nations organized the World Environment Conference. From that conference, an international solidarity was forged to raise political and social awareness worldwide for environmental protection. Accordingly, in the second year of the conference, i.e. on 5 June 1973, the World Environment Day was recognized as an international day for the first time in the world in order to institutionalize this day.
Regarding environmental protection in Nepal, the Constituent Assembly had passed the Solid Waste Management Act 2068 BS, while the Constitution of Nepal 2072 BS mentions environmental rights as a fundamental right.
Article 30 of the Constitution of Nepal 2072 BS guarantees the fundamental right of every citizen to a clean environment, as well as compensation to the victims of environmental pollution.
According to a study conducted by the State of Global Air in 2020, 40 percent of deaths worldwide are due to respiratory ailments, 19 percent due to lung cancer, 30 percent due to infections in the lungs and respiratory system, 20 percent due to diabetes, and 20 percent due to ischemic heart disease. The main cause of these effects is air pollution.
Similarly, in order to reduce air pollution, Kathmandu Metropolitan City has formed an air pollution management civil society network covering 10 wards of Kathmandu Metropolitan City that touch the Bishnumati River.
