Nat’l consensus based formula to save environment stressed

The speakers at a discussion meeting on “Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level” underlined the need for concerted efforts of all to design a “national consensus based formula” to face current climate changing situation and save environment from degradation. They also emphasized the need for creating mass awareness to raise voices against all sorts of environment degrading activities like unplanned urbanization, unabated hill and tree cutting , emission of fume by the brick kilns and polluting of waters.
Netrakona district administration organized the meeting at old collectorate office premises in Netrakona on Thursday marking the World Environment Day.
Chaired by additional deputy commissioner (revenue) Netrakona Mohammad Yousuf Ali, the meeting was addressed, among others, by deputy director of local government department Netrakona Lutfur Rahman, valiant freedom fighter Mohammad Shamsuzzuha, general secretary of District Red Crescent Society Gazi Muzammel Hussain Tuku and local NGO worker Ishak Mia.
On the occasion, a colorful procession was brought out in the district town under the auspices of the district administration.
 A large number of local people including students, teachers, government officials, public representatives and members of civil society joined the procession which was paraded the main streets of the town.