First of all let me congratulate u, as for the 1st time we got a minister for such a sensitive dpt who has enough knowledge base to handle it & the passion too! Now its up to delivering, that time will decide.
I am writing this after going through an article in Sanctuary magazine.
I am Sanjay Deshpande, from Pune. I am an civil engineer & have specialization in environments yet by profession i am a Builder i.e. developer! But urbanization is a fact & housing is need of the time, i try to strike the balance between Concrete jungles & Natural jungles is all i can say. I have formed a cell of Environment at our builders association level as to make the developers aware is the imp task along with the customers. Eco housing is my hobby & i try to do as much i can on any of the available platform & that's why when i got this mail id i thought of writing u, though i even don't know whether this will reach to u ever! I go to schools, colleges, ngo's & try to share whatever i have learned as this is one subject which one may read in books but have to learn in field! I have worked for forests, military & each experience has become a case study in itself.
Sir, right from the tree cutting issue, to river pollutions in the cities to alarmingly increasing imbalance of biodiversity ,many issues needs proper policy & not just emotional decision for which our rul
