As the mild Indian Winter creeps into the not-so-mild Indian Summer, once again the topic of global warming becomes entirely too relevant. With international summits, a constant stream of media coverage and environmental studies being taught in most schools you would have thought the decline of the planet’s health and dire need for ecological restoration was common knowledge, but for rural India that’s far from the truth.
On Friday, the ministries of Railways, Environment and Science and Technology made a huge step towards making India a greener nation with the launch of the Science Express Climate Action Special train. The 16 coach train started at Delhi’s Safdarjung station and is set to stop at 68 stations across 20 Indian states. The aim of the venture is to explain the basic need for environmental protection and to explain that every individual can contribute at a grassroots level.

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