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Urgent Action Needed to Combat Environmental Crisis, Warns Sidramappa

10/20/2025

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Sidramappa Chalkapure urged urgent government action on tree plantations and public awareness during a Kohima session.
He identified environmental challenges such as shifting cultivation and forest burning and called for measures to reduce air and water pollution.
He noted destruction of trees, river stone exploitation, and overuse of road-construction resources, which have caused fish shortages and reduced rainfall.
He warned of heightened heatwaves as a consequence of these environmental pressures.

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Sidramappa Chalkapure urged urgent government action on tree plantations and public awareness during a Kohima session.
He identified environmental challenges such as shifting cultivation and forest burning and called for measures to reduce air and water pollution.
He noted destruction of trees, river stone exploitation, and overuse of road-construction resources, which have caused fish shortages and reduced rainfall.
He warned of heightened heatwaves as a consequence of these environmental pressures.