This is with reference to the report, "Leather shoes out, only canvas shoes from new academic year - The Goan Everyday - March 6, 2025." Only canvas shoes for school children from new academic year, that's very thoughtful of the authorities. According to the news report, the department says that ‘The protection of the environment needs to practised as much as it is preached.’ How one wishes all departments, whether in Goa or Mumbai or wherever, would give a thought to protecting the environment. The government needs to review the present infrastructure projects in Goa which are destroying the environment. Indeed, destruction of nature all across the country must stop, rather we need to focus on protection and preserving our forests and wetlands. Climate change is for real and already at our door. We need to go beyond lip service.
