INSEC Province Coordinator Manohar Kumar Pokharel stated that keeping the Earth clean ensures a secure future for everyone. He emphasized the need to educate communities about how carelessly discarded waste mixes with air, water, and food, eventually entering the human body and affecting health. He further noted that the program was organized to raise awareness that human life becomes polluted when the environment is polluted, and to instill this understanding within the community.
Chairperson of Devanagunj Rural Municipality, Bechan Prasad Mehta, stated that while there is some theoretical knowledge on forest and environmental conservation, climate change, and sanitation, there is a much weaker level of practical application.
During the program, Bazar Committee Chair Ramchandra Mehta, School Principal Umesh Kumar Mehta, and Human Rights Defenders Network member Dipendra Jha, among others, expressed concern that increasing greenhouse gas emissions due to climate change are raising the Earth’s average temperature. They noted that this is triggering natural disasters, causing serious impacts on public health and the spread of life-threatening diseases, leading to the extinction of rare wildlife and plant species, and increasing risks of food and water shortages, ultimately contributing to a decline in agricultural production and a growing food security crisis.
