The Institution of Engineers (India)
AN ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED ORGANISATION(ESTABLISHED 1920, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1935)

JAMMU LOCAL CENTRE
Institutional Complex, Sector-3, Channi Himmat, Jammu -180 015
Prof (Dr) Bhawna Sharma, FIE
Chairman
Er. Sachin Tickoo, MIE
Honorary Secretary

Phone: +91 191 2462545
E-mail: jammulc@ieindia.org
ieijammu@gmail.com
Website: www.ieijammu.org

Ref. No. IEI/JLC/23/032

DATE:05/06/2023

Press Release

IEI Jammu celebrates World Environment Day

Photo Caption : Er. Sumil Goyal, Presenting paper alongwith Sh. Lal Chand, IFS; Chief Guest,Prof. (dr.) Bhawna, Sharma, Chairman & Er. Sachin Tickoo, Hony. Secy. on the dias

The Institution of Engineers (India), Jammu Centre celebrated theWorld Environment Day on 5TH
June 2023 with the theme “Solutions to Plastic Pollution”. The event was attended by Engineers fromvarious Departments, Organizations and Senior Engineers along with Members of the Committee of IEI,Jammu Local Centre.
The day is celebrated very year on 5TH June every year since 1973 to mark the importance of nature andthe environment and it also gives out a message to the global population that nature should not be undervalued
and it should not be taken for granted at any cost. World Environment Day is the biggest international day forthe environment.
On this occasion, Sh. Lal Chand Ji, IFS (Retd. PCCF.) J & K was the Chief Guest, whereas Prof. (Dr.)
Bhawna Sharma, Chairman, IEI, Jammu Centre presided over the function.
At the outset, Prof. (Dr.) Bhawna Sharma presented the welcome address and introduced the relevanceof the day to the audience. While introducing the theme for World Environment Day to the audience said thatwe should encourage people not to use plastic and identify it as the source of environmental degradation. Microplastics find their way into the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. She cited a reportpublished in prestigious medical journal that micro plastic have entered the blood stream of human and aredamaging the DNA Status. Plastic is made from fossil fuels — the more plastic we produce, the more fossil fuelwe burn, thereby worsening the climate crisis. Plastic pollution has thus become one of the most pressing
environmental issues.
While speaking on the occasion Sh. Lal Chand Ji, IFS, stressed that the world is being inundated byplastic. More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year, half of which is designed to be used
only once. Of that, less than 10 percent is recycled. An estimated 19-23 million tonnes end up in lakes, riversand seas. Today, plastic clogs our landfills, leaches into the ocean and is combusted into toxic smoke, making it
one of the gravest threats to the planet. He underscored the contribution of the Institution of Engineers (India)
Jammu local centre in maintaining a constant pressure on the society towards working on solutions that aim atgoal of achieving sustainable development.
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The Institution of Engineers (India)
AN ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED ORGANISATION(ESTABLISHED 1920, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1935)

JAMMU LOCAL CENTRE
Institutional Complex, Sector-3, Channi Himmat, Jammu -180 015
Prof (Dr) Bhawna Sharma, FIE
ChairmanEr. Sachin Tickoo, MIE
Honorary Secretary

Phone: +91 191 2462545
E-mail: jammulc@ieindia.org
ieijammu@gmail.com
Website: www.ieijammu.org

Ref. No. IEI/JLC/23/032

DATE:05/06/2023

During the seminar, Er. P. K. Nanda, MIE; Er. B. L. Rawal, MIE; Er. Sumil Goyal, MIE; Er. Joy
Ganjoo,AM Technologist; Er. Akash Dasgotra, AMIE & Er. Anil Kumar, AMIE also presented their papers on
the theme of the World Environment Day. The speaker’s appealed to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmirto desist from throwing away plastic in public places and voluntarily use jute bags for carrying out
grocery purchases.
Er. Sachin Tickoo, MIE, Honorary Secretary conducted the proceedings of the event , while
speaking on the occasion he said good news is that we have science and solutions to tackle the problem –and a
lot is already happening. What is needed most now is a surge of public pressure to scale up and speed actions
from governments, companies and other stakeholders to solve this crisis. This underscores the importance of thisWorld Environment Day mobilizing action from every corner of the world. He further presented the Vote ofThanks to the august gathering and media personnel for active participation.
Sd/Er. Sachin Tickoo, MIE
Honorary Secretary

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