Top priority for environmental concerns: Vice Admiral

Environmental concerns are being given top priority in Navy's expansison and developmental plans, Vice Admiral Sunil K Damle, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, said on Thursday,

Environmental concerns occupy a prominent place in Navy's roadmap for the future, he said, inaugurating the Indian Institute of Architects National Convention here. While navy was looking at infrastructure development to meet its training and operational needs, 'we aim to do so in as green and clean a way as possible', he said.

Garbage management, pollution control and development of green spaces are priority areas that the navy is currently addressing, he said.

The world class, state-of-the-art Naval Academy at Ezhimala would be ready in 2009, he said. 'It will provide a prime example of infrastructure development coexisting with environmenal conservation since it has been designed to be a green project right from the drawing board'.

Gurunath Dalvi, President, Indian Institute of Architects, in his presidential address said the convention provides a platform that was expected to bring together architects and planners from across the country and even some experts from overseas, to deliberate and introspect on the theme subject- Conscious Urbanism

Courtesy:thehindu.com
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