A Walk to Remember

Columbia Asia Hospital, Ghaziabad, is celebrating World Environment Day beyond the day as well. Taking an initiative to create mass awareness on the significance of saving nature while highlighting the current status of the environment, the leading tertiary care provider organize a walkathon in the city on the World Environment Day this year.

Covering a distance of 1 kilometer, and witnessed enthusiastic involvement from more than a thousand residents of the city, who walked the distance as well. Members of various walkers’ clubs in the city also participated in the event.

On a recently reported statistics by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, the air in Ghaziabad and adjoining areas is more hazardous than the national capital, with PM 2.5 pollution levels found to be an alarming 382 per cubic meter. Besides vehicular air pollution, the industrial clusters in and around the city have been contributing “ generously”  towards the emission of sulphur dioxide and other harmful and toxic gases and chemicals leading to further damage like land and water pollution.

“Today’s Walkathon focused on refining the concept of a green and healthy world in the minds of everyone to ignite a zeal for voluntary action in order to rejuvenate nature.With the effects of global warming and climate change so evident at the moment, there is no way we can underestimate the importance of planting trees and preserving the nature. We must understand that a better world can’t be taken out from Pandora’s box it has to be created through collaborative efforts, when individuals, institutions, and governments start walking hand in hand. To reduce the impact of greenhouse gases and restore a sustainable healthy environment, adopting concepts like green urbanism and arboriculture are a demand of the situation,” said Mr Atul Behll, General Manager.

After the walk was over, free saplings were distributed to the participants and members of local clubs to further enhance the yearlong greenification drive titled ‘Go Green Revolution 2030’. Columbia Asia Hospitals, Ghaziabad sincerely believes that the responsibility to be chamberlain for the environment can only be served with community initiatives at the grassroots level.