PANAJI
Union Minister for Environment Dr Harsh Vardhan refused to specifically comment on the coal pollution affecting Goa and rather chose to highlight India's leadership at a global level in mitigating the effects of Climate Change.
"You see there can't be any specific reaction to all these issues pertaining to a particular state. The whole country is handling them. After all, you have to take care of the energy also. The country is gradually and very swiftly moving towards ensuring that we by 2022 convert ourselves into 175 gigawatts of clean energy," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
"And every state of course including Goa has to and is fulfilling its responsibility in that direction. Things cannot be changed overnight, but the country is very clear about it that vision of the prime minister is very solid about it, and we have set up very powerful leadership examples at the international level, which are being appreciated by the whole world," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
"And I have my myself felt this. At the international forums, I have just now returned, from COP23 two days I spent there. There is a
good quality enthusiasm from the environmentalists from the rest of the world about the role that India is playing to mitigate the sufferings of the people," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
However, coal handling in Goa is primarily in the form of coking coal used for the manufacture of steel rather than power production.
The clamour to reduce the amount of coal being handed at Mormugao Port is growing louder by the day with political parties jumping onto the essentially people's movement titled "Goa Against Coal."
Dr Harsh Vardhan presided over the valedictory programme of four day workshop on Science and Technology Communication Strategies and Approaches with focus on The Indian Ocean - Economic and Geostrategic Significance organized at the CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Dona Paula, Goa.
Union Minister for Environment Dr Harsh Vardhan refused to specifically comment on the coal pollution affecting Goa and rather chose to highlight India's leadership at a global level in mitigating the effects of Climate Change.
"You see there can't be any specific reaction to all these issues pertaining to a particular state. The whole country is handling them. After all, you have to take care of the energy also. The country is gradually and very swiftly moving towards ensuring that we by 2022 convert ourselves into 175 gigawatts of clean energy," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
"And every state of course including Goa has to and is fulfilling its responsibility in that direction. Things cannot be changed overnight, but the country is very clear about it that vision of the prime minister is very solid about it, and we have set up very powerful leadership examples at the international level, which are being appreciated by the whole world," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
"And I have my myself felt this. At the international forums, I have just now returned, from COP23 two days I spent there. There is a
good quality enthusiasm from the environmentalists from the rest of the world about the role that India is playing to mitigate the sufferings of the people," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
However, coal handling in Goa is primarily in the form of coking coal used for the manufacture of steel rather than power production.
The clamour to reduce the amount of coal being handed at Mormugao Port is growing louder by the day with political parties jumping onto the essentially people's movement titled "Goa Against Coal."
Dr Harsh Vardhan presided over the valedictory programme of four day workshop on Science and Technology Communication Strategies and Approaches with focus on The Indian Ocean - Economic and Geostrategic Significance organized at the CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Dona Paula, Goa.
