THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Children in white uniforms holding placards walking through the railway platforms attracted everyone’s attention on Wednesday. ‘Beat air pollution’, ‘Save our planet’, ‘Discard plastic’, ‘Switch to paper and palm products’, ‘Nourish trees and save humanity’, read some of the placards.
The campaign was part of the World Environment Day observed by the Southern Railway Thiruvananthapuram Division in association with The New Indian Express. Students from Sai Gramam and Malayalam Pallikkoodam took part in the initiative with great enthusiasm. Inaugurating the campaign, Ajay Kaushik, station director, Central Railway Station delivered the Environment Day message. “It is the younger generation which has to take effective measures in protecting our environment. Consider every day as Environment day and let’s put in our best efforts to keep the earth green. It is our responsibility to plant more trees in order to beat the air pollution,” he said.
Chandrasekhar KK, chief manager (BNP), BPCL Kerala, K Saiveer Reddy, manager (Sales), Retail, BPCL, Thiruvananthapuram, The New Indian Express manager S Krishna Sarma, circulation manager Victor M D’Cruz attended.