The morning of the 23rd began with a visit to the Raj Ghat premises where the participants paid homage at the Samadhis (Shakti Sthal, Veer Bhumi) of Gandhiji, Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. Thereafter, all headed to the very well known NGO called the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) where the participants were to have half-a-day of programmes. Founded by the eminent environmentalist, the late Mr. Anil Aggarwal, CSE has recently been in news for its 'pesticide' crusade against the cola giant - PepsiCo India. It was thus natural for the participants to have been excited about this visit. But, the time spent there gave them an idea of the impressive range of their work sphere right from rain-water harvesting to work against air pollution to the setting of a food testing laboratory. The Deputy Director Mr. Chandrabhushan was kind enough to have given a guided tour of the CSE campus, which included their trail of rain-water harvesting and their impressive library, followed by a speech and presentation, followed finally by a sumptuous lunch.
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