Why it’s a Black Environment Week for this PCMC engineer

On June 7, Prashant Raul, an engineer from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), will set off ona 15 km walk from Dehu to Alandi to spread awareness about pollution in the Indrayani River, which connects the two pilgrimage sites, and other ecological realities.

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If the walk comes after World Environment Day, it is for a reason. “Across the world, people get together on June 5 to celebrate World Environment Day with sapling plantations and so on. | do not feel that there is any cause to celebrate, as we have damaged all five elements, from earth to air. This is a time for action. That is why | have initiated the Black Environment Week to draw people's attention to real problems,” he says.Raul, who set up an initiative called Green Army Pimpri-Chinchwad four years ago, is observ-ing Black Environment Week this week, during which he is working towards generating awareness and mobilising people to take steps to save the planet.“Not many people are aware when World Environment Day started and why. There is a lack