Zee Media Bureau/Shruti Saxena
New Delhi: In a bid to promote a healthier and clean environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to the countrymen for taking pledge to save the environment on the occasion of World Environment Day.
He took to microblogging website Twitter to encourage every Indian to pledge not only to protect the environment and make it clean and green.
World Environment Day- a day to bow to Mother Earth & to reaffirm our pledge to protect the Environment, making our planet cleaner & greener
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 5, 2014
He further called on taking action to carefully utilise the natural resources.
Lets serve as Trustees, where we utilise our natural resources for the present & at the same time ensure happiness of future generations.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 5, 2014
He also tweeted:
Along with Govt. efforts, people's participation can make a big difference in creating a cleaner & greener planet.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 5, 2014
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on June 5 with different theme.