Stand against destroyers of environment: Hasan

GBNEWS24 DESK//

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Joint General Secretary of Awami League Dr Hasan Mahmud said that the responsibility of politicians is to inform and teach good habits to the people.

“I urge all political parties to stand united against those who destroy the environment, work against nature and destroy nature. We need the world for us, but the world doesn’t need people for her,” he said.

The information minister stressed on creating social movement to save the nature for saving mankind.

“Nature will have to be protected not for its interest, but for saving human beings” he said this as chief guest on Saturday while addressing a discussion meeting on the occasion of World Environment Day at Bangladesh Television Chattogram Center.

Mentioning many species are going extinct everyday Dr Hasan said, “For this we should protect the nature for our own interest and we need to create social movement in this regard. Then we will remain protected and the nature as well.”

He said that many species have come to the earth, they have become extinct, but the earth is fine.

“If mankind also becomes extinct from the earth, then nothing will happen to the earth. The way we are destroying the environment, the nature, we are destroying our very existence. By destroying the environment and nature, man is constantly threatening his own existence,” Hasan said.

“So, we have to save the environment and nature for our own interest”, he added.

Nitai Kumar Bhattacharya, General Manager, BTV Chattogram Center presided over the function while Abdul Awal Sarkar, Conservator of Forests, Chattogram region and Anup Kumar Khastgir, Deputy Director General (News) of Bangladesh Television, among others, addressed the function.