New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- The pollution issues cannot be resolved unless every citizen realises it is their duty to improve and conserve the environment, according to retired Supreme Court judge Abhay S Oka.

Otherwise, the former Supreme Court judge said, the responsibility would be solely confined to climate activists.

"It is about the approach. It has been 75 years of the Constitution and we are still not doing our duty of protecting the environment," Justice Oka (retd) told The Indian Express when asked how can environmental pollution be nipped in the bud?

"Once every citizen realises it is their duty to improve and conserve the environment, things will change. Otherwise today the responsibility is confined to some activists who try to ...