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CHENNAI: Infosys Technologies Chairman and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy on Monday lauded the Union Government, corporate firms and trade bodies for taking constructive steps to tackle climate change and reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emission effect.

Delivering the Besant lecture on ‘Towards a sustainable India,' at the 135 {+t} {+h} International convention of the Theosophical Society, he said that for any of these actions to succeed everyone had to fulfil personal responsibilities to reduce carbon emission, decrease water consumption and produce less waste.

He listed the steps taken by multi-lateral agencies such as introduction of metro rail, small cars and electrical vehicles, asking vehicle operators to switch over to bio-fuel and Compressed Natural Gas.

“Everyone in the planet of about 6 billion people will have to work hard to preserve the planet and give it back to our children in a better condition that we had borrowed it from them. Today, we are grappling with social, economical, political and environment changes. Rising social unrest, political tension, depleting natural resources and worrying environment are all affecting the basic quality of our life. Therefore, we have a responsibility to create a sustainable world when mankind can live in peace and in harmony,” he said.