New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday launched the first book written by senior journalist Deepak Chaurasia titled ‘Kuda Dhan’.
The book ‘Kuda Dhan’ deals with the issue of cleanliness and environment and the impacts of garbage and waste on the people which aims to open a new era of learning and earning huge sum by means of waste management.
“In my 25 years long career as a journalist, the issue of cleanliness and environment has had the most provocative impact on my thought process. Heaps and heaps of garbage and waste and its impact on human health have become a matter of great concern for me,” Chaurasia said.
Noted dignitaries including Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari were present at the launch event in the national capital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi n a letter appreciated the issue which was taken up by the Deepak Chaurasia in his debut book.
“You have chosen an issue of great relevance and multiple importance. Nation has incorporated Swacch Bharat which is the mission to clean India in their daily routine. Today its grown into a mass movement. Now its time to focus on the treatment of Waste. This is the only way we can face the environmental challenges of today. To convert waste into wealth to make it economically beneficial is the way forward,” PM Modi said in a letter to Chaurasia.