Montreal push to Kyoto Protocol

In addition to cutting back on carbon-monoxide levels, emphasis should be laid on finding ways and means of alternative fuel and energy sources both for industrial and other uses other than coal or petroleum products. Development of alternative sources of energy will help reduce the demand for, and marketing of, the traditional sources of fuel and energy for industrial use thereby automatically bringing down gashouse emissions. In this again, the major industrial nations will have to take the lead.

In the meantime, we remain seriously concerned at the progressive degradation of our environment at home, although it is of a different dimension. Manmade depletion of forests has reached an alarming stage. The scourge of land grabbing and illegal raising of structures through reclaiming of lands by filling up vital water bodies including raising of unauthorised structures on the banks of our rivers have not only seriously affected the natural course of the rivers but also contributed to the degradation of our overall environment in more ways than one. No tokenism or lip-service on the part of our government can ameliorate the domestic environmental situation.

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