In pictures: World Environment Day 2021

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi plants a sapling on the occasion of World Environment Day, at a village in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: PTI)

World environment day is celebrated on June 5 every year. Focusing on pressing environmental issues, this day has been celebrated since 1974.

On the occasion of World Environment Day, while PM Modi released the ethanol blending road map 2020-25, President Ram Nath Kovind said that living in harmony with nature has been at the centre of Indian ethos.

Here is a collection of images that showcases how the nation observed the day.

Sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik creates a sand sculpture to create awareness about World Environment Day, at Puri beach, Odisha. (Source: The Hindu)

Sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik creates a sand sculpture to create awareness about Environment Day, at Puri beach, Odisha. Photo: Biswaranjan Rout (Source: The Hindu)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in the World Environment Day event via videoconference, in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)

Village Panchayat officials plant sapling at Perumbakkam, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (Source: The Hindu)

ADCP Chiranjeev Nath Sinha distributes saplings to people on World Environment Day, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: PTI)

Principal.District and sessions Judge B. Papi Reddy plants a sapling at district court premises at Sangareddy, Telangana. (Source: The Hindu)

A woman and a girl carry saplings to plant in their village on the occasion of World Environment Day, at Sangareddy, Telangana. (Source: The Hindu)

Nurses make a colorful rangoli at NMMC Hospital Vashi to mark World Enviornment Day, in Navi Mumbai, Mahrahtra. (Source: PTI)

MP K. Kanimozhi plants a sapling at Thiru Vi Ka Nagar in Thoothukudi. Photo: N. Rajesh (Source: The Hindu)