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- GPCB will also prepare the newly constructed office in Surat as a green office
An MoU was signed between Surat office of Gujarat Pollution Control Board and ‘Hearts at Work Foundation’ under the ‘Satyagraha Against Pollution and Climate Change’ movement. Under which large-scale environmental awareness campaigns will be conducted in the near future and more than ten Miyawaki Urban Forests will be prepared. Under this MoU of ‘Satyagraha Against Pollution and Climate Change’ movement, Hearts at Work Foundation and GPCB will reach out to more than twenty thousand students and thousands of youth in Surat district and make them aware of the reality of climate change and create a sense of environmental protection within them. At the same time, more than ten Miyawaki Urban Forests will be prepared at various places by undertaking a large-scale tree planting campaign by these two organizations.
The board joined the campaign. About this, GPCB Surat Regional Officer Dr. Jijnasa Ojha said, ‘It is happening for the first time that our pollution control board is involved in such a campaign. Pollution control is our priority and it is a matter of pleasure and pride for us to work more aggressively towards awareness campaigns and tree plantation at such a time.’ Viral Desai said, ‘It is a matter of pride for us to work in the direction of environmental protection by joining with an important organization like GPCB. I am confident that in the near future the Satyagraha Against Pollution Movement and Climate Change will reach the youth not only in Surat district, but across Gujarat and based on that movement we will all move forward positively in the direction of climate action.’
Green building will be built Under the MoU, the newly constructed office of GPCB Surat has also been designed as a green office. This first model office, designed on the theme of ecosystem restoration and climate action, will influence hundreds of people in the direction of environmental protection every day. Miyawaki Urban Forest named ‘Amrit One’, the first industrial area in Pandesara, has also been prepared by these two organizations in collaboration with Pandesara Infrastructure Limited.