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Extracts from a paper presented by Shri. Dhawan R. M and Shri. Anil Kapoor, SSRDP

Fifty years ago, the world was facing shortage of food grains and people in several third world countries were dying. At that time, need of the hour was to save the people dying of hunger. Green revolution came and saved the day. Today, the environment has occupied the prime focus due to pollution, which leads to climate change. Climate change has several adverse impacts like changes in weather, untimely rains, depleting water, draughts, flash floods, acute and early summer and chilling winter.

We produce more garbage (often nonbiodegradable) than we can handle. Garbage is then dumped into landfills, rivers and ponds. Sewage water and industrial effluents