Shillong, Jun 7: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday underlined the importance of community participation and the role of natural resource management committees at the rural level.
Speaking at the closing function of the weeklong celebrations to commemorate World Environment Day 2022 held at the U Soso Tham Auditorium , the Chief Minister said that there are natural resource management committees at all the 6500 plus villages of the state.
“So that the entire effort of the government, the plan that we have, can trickle down to the grassroot level, they can be connected with the different programmes that are being implemented, so that ultimately, we are able to achieve the big picture’, he said.
Talking at length on the present government’s approach to natural resource management, the Chief Minister said that the different departments and agencies of the government need to be in sync and work together to achieve the intended results.
Sangma said that when the government came to power in 2018, when one talked of natural resource management, they realised that one needs to have a policy for water because without that the entire process would be not connected.
Therefore, the water policy was implemented.
“Then we realised that the state budget and funds are not enough for us to be able to fund the different projects that we want. So, we started moving aggressively on different externally aided projects’, he said.
The Chief Minister also informed that the government has mobilised close to Rs. 4700 crore worth of externally aided projects for natural resource management in the state.
During his address, Minister, Forests and Environment, James P. K. Sangma, spoke on the important role that technology plays in our efforts towards protection and preservation of the environment and ecosystems.
He informed that the Forest and Environment department is implementing nature-based solutions to combat the environmental problems faced due to human activity.
During his address Sangma also said that his department is working on collaborating with the education department on bringing climate change as part of the school curriculum.
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