India, June 6 -- Union minister for housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said environmental protection cannot be limited to plantation drives and requires sustained efforts to curb air pollution, improve waste management and promote public participation.

The minister was addressing a World Environment Day celebration gathering organised in Gurugram, where he inaugurated a bioremediation pilot project at Dhankot and laid the foundation stone for a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) project in Sector 102 aimed at strengthening waste segregation and recycling infrastructure in the city.

The event was attended by the state environment Rao Narbir Singh, Gurugram MLA Mukesh Sharma, senior government officials, environmental e...