Ideological pollution is the root of all environmental degradation, and it continues to drive ecological damage through a lack of civic awareness, diminishing sensitivity toward nature, and social and political inaction, former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay Oka has said.
Speaking at a gathering at Dayanand Law College in Latur on Saturday, the former judge said that while citizens possess a constitutional right to live in a pollution-free environment, society continues to suffer due to widespread indifference towards following the law.
Oka was the chief guest at the inauguration of a new seminar hall and spoke at the ‘Nyay Samvad: Law, Environment and Citizens’ programme at the college.
“Along with air, water and noise pollution, there is another, less visible form of pollution – ideological pollution – which is at the root of all other forms of environmental degradation,” Oka said.
He noted that while citizens have a constitutional right to live in a pollution-free environment
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