DEHRADUN: The hashtag #WorldEnvironmentDay was trending on the number one slot on Twitter with over 80,000 tweets by Sunday evening. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the people to take a pledge to work for conserving the environment resources.
Students, nature lovers, youth and a number of celebrities took to the online platform to express their views on the World Environment Day.
Sachin Tendulkar tweeted, "On this #WorldEnvironmentDay let us make an effort to protect nature and leave behind a greener planet."
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar also posted, "Let us not put clothes, bangles & other non-biodegradable items in the rivers under the pretext of worship #WorldEnvironmentDay."
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain also tweeted, "No matter what infra/material wealth we have, without a clean & green environment the quality of life cannot be good."
Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor tweeted, "We don't have a Planet B. So let's protect and conserve the environment #WorldEnvironmentDay"
Besides the celebrities, several environment lovers also took to social media to show their love and concern for the environment on the occasion.
Youth activist Vipin Singh Rana took to Instagram to share a beautiful nature picture with resolution tags like Hovering#Rudraprayag#Worldenvironmentday#lovegarhwal#resolution4noplastic.
Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat also requested the people on the social media to take an oath to preserve and protect environment and contribute towards safeguarding and enriching environment on the occasion.