We should change our lifestyle to protect environment, says Narendra Modi
7 April 2015 1:28 PM IST
Modi also suggested that a day like Sunday should be promoted for cycling to save energy
Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in Anand. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on climate change come ahead of a crucial UN meeting on the topic that will take place in Paris later this year. Modi blamed the changing lifestyles of people as one of the key reasons for environmental degradation, saying that increasing consumerism was at the root of the climate crisis. He advocated a return to the country’s age-old traditions in order to fight it.
“I have said it many times that we are making all the rules to curb carbon emissions, but we are not willing to change our lifestyles. The root of the problem is that humanity has kept increasing its consumption, and nature is harmed most where the consumption is the maximum,” he said.
Mr Modi also suggested that a day like Sunday should be promoted for cycling to save energy and took a dig at his critics, saying they would now “accuse” him of being an “agent of cycle manufacturers”. He also made it clear that India could not be forced to “follow” the parameters laid down by the developed world on climate change; instead, it should lead the world in the fight against it.
The PM also used the occasion to accuse the Opposition parties of misleading the people on the issue of tribal and forest land, saying such a campaign will hurt the interests of the country. “The land Bill has no mention, there is no word on tribal and forest land in the Bill. The tribals and their land do not come under the ambit of the land Bill. Still, people who lack knowledge run this (campaign) 24 hours, they do not know,” Mr Modi said.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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