Gangtok: Sikkim government will always
like to become a willing partner in the regional endeavour to
protect the Himalayas, Chief Minister, Pawan Kumar Chamling
has said.
Chamling made the commitment to noted nvironmentalist
Sundarlal Bahuguna's call to the countries and states located
in the Himalayas to evolve a policy to protect the mountain
range from the impact of global warming and climate change.
The state government has taken a series of measures
to protect the environment since Sikkim Democratic Front came
power in 1994, Chamling told Bahuguna in a meeting here
yesterday.
There was a ban on grazing of cattle, free
distribution of LPG cylinders in rural areas to dissuade the
people from using woods and forest resources for fuel and
constitution of a commission to study the glaciers were some
of those measures, he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 00:04