New Delhi, March 30 -- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday underlined that the Union Carbide Leakage of 1984 was a "mega environmental negligence" and said that even after four decades, families suffered generation after generation, genetic disorders and groundwater contamination.

According to a release, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said, " Long before sustainability became a global buzzword, much long before....India lived it for centuries, where every Banyan tree was a temple, every river a goddess and best an unknown concept in a civilisation that worshipped secularity. Our Vedic literature is a goldmine for nurturing Mother Earth and propagating harmony between man and nature."

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