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Hon'ble Minister for Environment and Forests, Government of India, Prof. Saifuddin
Soz inaugurated the newly built Environmental Information Centre of the Central
Pollution Control Board on August 16th, 1997.
Situated on the fifth floor
of the Parivesh Bhawan, the Information Centre has global connections through
INTERNET. It dissipates the information on air and water quality data and ECOMARK
scheme through CPCB's Home Page on INTERNET. The Information Centre will also
compile and analyze the data for CPCB's publications.
In his inaugural
address, Prof. Soz said that maintaining the air and water quality and controlling
industrial wastes alone would not suffice. Stressing on the need to motivate the
people, he said environmental protection cannot be achieved by the governmental
protection couldn't be achieved by the government alone. Common people too have
to remember their duties in this regard.
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