SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today urged scientists to come up with a solutions to mitigate challenges of global warming which can have serious impact on all sectors.
He said there are emerging challenges of global warming and climate change and their serious impact on agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, forests, animal and sheep husbandry and allied sectors.
“Our boys and girls need to have a clear vision on how to go about to find solutions to meet these challenges,” he observed. Emphasising the tremendous role of science and technology in nation building, Mr Vohra called for creating a vast corpus of scientists and technocrats to tackle varied problems and taking the State and the country fast forward on the path of self-reliance, progress and prosperity.
The Governor, as Chief Guest, was inaugurating the five-day Science Camp for ‘Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE 2013)’ for students, organized by the Kashmir University here today.
This Science Camp, in which about 300 talented science students from the Kashmir Valley are participating, has been sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under its INSPIRE Programme.
The Governor said, “in J&K we have problems which are peculiar to our state,” If we groom our scientists they can tackle these.
One of these problems is of earthquakes and referred to the recurring tremors which had been taking place in Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts for the past some months.
Referring to the proposed visit of the students to Dal lake during the ongoing INSPIRE Camp, the Governor urged them for taking interest that what can be done for the protection and conservation of Dal lake, Wular and other water bodies in the State.
