PANAJI, 26 May: Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that there is a need to conduct more research in the Himalayas as “we are yet to get to the position where we deserve to be.”
\nSpeaking during a visit to the National Centre for Polar & cean Research (NCPOR) in Vasco in Goa, he also batted for a “scientific approach” to life, and said that “the scientific community will guide us in the coming years.”
\nThe former law minister, who recently took charge of the earth sciences ministry, also interacted with the Indian researchers stationed at the Bharati station in Antarctica.
\n“Himalayas belong to India. Himalayas belong to us and we don’t have that level of activities in Himalayas,” Rijiju said.
\nPointing out that he hails from a Himalayan region, he said that in Arunachal Pradesh, “which covers the largest area of Indian Himalayas, not much (research) activities have happened.”
\n“We are yet to get to the position where we deserve to be. So Himalayas is another very-very interesting area,” he said.
\nGeological features of higher reaches of the Himalayas resemble ocean beds, the minister said.
\n“All the sand, stones everything. I see just the way I see in the pictures of rock bottom of the ocean,” he said.
\nThe union minister also said that he has seen changes in the Himalayas in his own lifetime.
\n“In a lifespan of 50 years, if you see so much of changes, you can imagine the level of changes in next one thousand years,” he said.
\nScientists are the ones who will guide how we should progress, how the nation should look forward and how our lifestyle should be, the minister said.
\n“I always believed that our approach should be scientific. Unscientific approach in life is unsustainable. That is why we have to understand that we must have rational thinking when we look at life,” he added.
\nAcknowledging the NCPOR’s contribution to scientific advancement, the minister lauded the successful expedition of the team currently stationed in Antarctica and said that he is looking forward to interacting with them upon return. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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