Dehradun, April 30 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Nainital, 29 Apr: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday called for the joint and active participation of all stakeholders - government institutions, Panchayati Raj institutions, municipal bodies, forest panchayats and citizens - to ensure sustainable development and ecological balance in Nainital. He said that empowering local communities and respecting traditional knowledge systems are essential for long-term environmental sustainability and national progress.

Addressing forest panchayat representatives and elected members of the three-tier panchayat and local urban bodies at the Dr Raghunandan Singh Tolia Administrative Academy in Nainital, Birla said that the forest panchayats of Uttarakhan...