SIKHS WILL MARK 14 MARCH AS ENVIRONMENT DAY

dorsed and passed a resolution that the day should be celebrated as a Sikh Environment Day each year.

Gurdwaras across India, the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and the rest of the world have been taking part in the celebrations by singing hymns focused on the environment, holding ceremonial tree plantings, and encouraging children to share reflections on the environment and Sikhism. Gurdwaras around the world are also coming up with their own creative ways to celebrate the day through children’s environmental art displays, environmental nagar kirtans, recycling drives for used goods, and by creatively reducing the use of energy and water.

Encouraged by the enthusiastic response from the Sikh community spread the world all over, EcoSikh has set an ambitious target of 2,000 Sikh bodies marking this day with major initiatives, ranging from tree planting to cleanups, bicycle rallies and water campaigns. Initiatives also include a ban of plastics and disposables and switching to steel thalis, planting gardens, and switching to organic food, said Ravneet Pal Singh, India programme manager for EcoSikh. They are also planning to show short films to create environmental awareness in around 950 schools.

The organisation is also encouraging Sikh businesses to take measures to make their companies green to mark this special day.

Rajwant Singh, the president of EcoSikh called upon all the interested young and adult members of the community from all over India and the diaspora to come forward and organise green events and take green initiatives in their own gurdwaras, schools and localities as part of this huge service project. others in the business. He appears to be connected to everyone and has contacts in the United States, United Kingdom, and Mauritius,” said the ED official.

The ED conducted a raid on his office premises in Ahmedabad on 14 February, confirmed the official, although Doctor said that it was at his home. The ED had previously searched his office, as per media reports, around two months ago. Another trader’s office was also raided the last time around.

The ED official said that there were complaints against Doctor’s company, regarding certain discrepancies in his operation. “His contact details, including telephone numbers in India have not been checked. His continued stay abroad also makes us suspicious,” the official said.

However, Doctor said that would be returning to India in March this year. “I am on a work permit here in Mauritius. I earn a living from salary,” he added. He furnished his contact details in Mauritius in an e-mail to this paper but did not respond when questioned on his contact details in India.

As far as being the mastermind is concerned, he wrote: “Yes, I am pro virtual currencies! I want India to benefit from use of virtual currencies.”

Doctor said that the ED recovered nothing incriminating from his place. “Five officers inspected each and every corner and found nothing. But to satisfy themselves, they took 2x240 MB HDD (1998) which contains some data,” he claimed. The ED official declined to comment on