Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said that the ministry has taken the initiative to include topics related to environmental protection and climate change in the curriculum for students from class III to class VIII. The minister said that such an initiative is being taken by the ministry as an urge to make children aware from an early age by adding the subject of environmental protection to the curriculum. He said, besides, effective steps are being taken to prevent air and noise pollution.
The environment minister said these things while addressing the chief guest at the national roundtable Citizen roadmap to advance sustainable urbanization and environmental protection at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital on Monday (April 29).
The minister also urged everyone to change their habitual daily habits in the field of environmental protection. He urged everyone to be more aware of the use of plastic. He called upon the city concerned to play an effective role in waste removal. The minister said that the government cannot do anything alone, it has to work with everyone. The minister called for a caucus in Parliament with the 46 MPs who had promised waste management ahead of the elections.
Mohammad Khan, Director of USAID’s Bangladesh Office, Gwendolyn Apple, Vice President of Programs of Counterpart International, Dr Ijaz Hossain, former Professor and Dean of Bangladesh University of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chief Waste Management Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation Captain Mohammad Fida Hasan, Chief of Party of Counterpart International PAR Program Catie Croake, Joint Director of Dustha Health Center Pradip Kumar Roy, Coordinator of Waterkeepers Bangladesh Sharif Jamil and Chief Executive of Sushilan Mostafa Nuruzzaman spoke at the seminar among others.
