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Resolutions from #JantaParliament on Environment yesterday.

India’s environment has been rapidly deteriorating, and its environmental regulatory regime weakened in the name of ‘development’ and ‘ease of doing business’
Citizens in India are facing horrendously high levels of pollution (air, water, noise, soil, food), causing all kinds of ailments and prematurely killing millions of people.
The #JantaParliament decided that the @moefcc needs to take urgent steps in
South Asia being one of the 2 most climate vulnerable regions in the world, and our climate and environmental security being inextricably intertwined with our ecological connections to our neighbours, revitalize regional cooperation mechanisms like SAARC

#JantaParliament
Recognise the rights of nature as a Constitutional right, building on the traditional respect that all traditions in India have accorded it, using recent court judgements recognising the rights of Ganga, Yamuna and animals
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Enable local, self-reliant economies, through relevant schemes and programmes including MGNREGS, using local and new skills and resources, reduce distress rural-urban migration, and enable workers who have gone back home in COVID times to stay on if they want to
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Put maximum resources in a recovery package towards generating millions of ecologically sustainable and dignified livelihoods, such as: small-farmer based organic agriculture, assistance to pastoralists, fishers and forest-dwellers, decentralized renewable energy
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At the end of each flood season, there should be a report about what happened in the flood season with respect to flood disasters, reservoirs, embankments and disaster management through independent assessments that will also recommend fixing accountability

#JantaParliament
Urgently bring out a National Urban Water Policy in a consultative way, driven by a committee of independent minded persons. It should also define a water smart city, include right to water and equitable water distribution

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