By Shishir Prashant 
By Dr Vinod Sharma
For the sake of development, the most sacrificed thing is the environment. To protect the environment, we make schemes to plant more trees, reduce carbon emissions, and protect the ozone layer. But in spite of all efforts, we are still victims of global warming.
Time has come to bring new ideas and technological innovations to protect the environment to make this earth safer for present and coming generations.
Recently, one student of Graphic Era University of Dehradun, Miss Ritika Bagoli, has come out with a new innovation of Liquid Tree. As per the statement given by her, this liquid plant is a biological, solar powered indoor and outdoor air purifier. This plant absorbs twenty times more carbon dioxide than conventional trees and proportionately releases more oxygen in the atmosphere. Ritika has claimed this liquid plant has been made of plastic and biowaste. So its manufacturing cost is very low.
For common people sitting benches, mobile charging, and street light facilities have also been provided with this liquid plant.
Ritika has demonstrated the functioning of this liquid plant in the university campus. Its prototype model has already been planted in a busy ISBT campus.
The state and central government should take this project seriously and invite private and government institutions to develop this liquid plant on a large scale to bring down its cost. Once this project is successful, it can save millions of rupees being wasted in the name of environment protection.
Such innovations should be encouraged among youths to bring out more such talent not only in the field of environment but in all other sectors like defence, pharma, and renewable energy. After all Indians have shown their calibre all around the world. The biggest advantage is that India has the highest numbers in the youth population.
So immediately we should start with planting of more such liquid trees in our neighborhood, streets and cities.
About the author: Dr Vinod Sharma is a retired Group General Manager from ONGC and travels widely. The opinion expressed by the author in this column is his personal.