Vaikundarajan discusses World Environment Day, which is celebrated around the world with the theme of sustainable consumption and production. In India, Prime Minister Modi and several cricketers and athletes planted saplings to mark the occasion. The Ministry of Environment will plant trees across the country as part of celebrations. Vaikundarajan expresses hope that everyone will participate in environmental campaigns to make the world a cooler place to live.

1. Vaikundarajan on World Environment
Day

2. World Environment Day is being celebrated today
around the world with various different themes, says
Vaikundarajan. The over-arching theme for this year’s
WED is sustainable consumption and production – It is
being popularized by the slogan “Seven Billion Dreams.
One Planet. Consume with Care". On account of World
Environment Day Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
planted a sapling at his official residence 7, Race Course
Road, officials said.
The ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate
Change will celebrate the occasion by planting saplings
across the country, says Vaikundarajan. It is also said that
before leaving for its Bangladesh tour, the Indian cricket
team will participate in a plantation drive in Kolkata today.
Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Ajinkya Rahane and
Rohit Sharma, along with Mr Javadekar and Maharashtra
Minister for Primary, Higher and Technical and Medical
Education and Culture, Vinod Tawde will plant saplings in
Mumbai at Joggers Park on Carter Road in the evening
today, says Vaikundarajan.
"Boxers Mary Kom and Sarita Devi, billiards player
Geet Sethi and hockey player Viren Rasquinha have also
pledged their support to the campaign and will also plant
saplings," said Mr Javadekar. He further added, "Seventy
acres of forest land in Pune is being compounded and
about 4,000 trees will be planted on it. This project will be

3. run through public participation in the form of a memorial
garden. People will pay Rs. 2,000 per tree and that tree
will be named after their loved ones."
Vaikundarajan hopes that everyone participates in
this campaign and makes the world a cooler place to live
in.
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