MUMBAI: It is 5th June and on the occasion of World Environment Day, some musicians have a piece of advice for their fans in order to spread awareness. Radioandmusic.com spoke to a few artistes and it brings you their messages:

Sonu Nigam:

I am extremely particular about not littering I have learnt this after travelling abroad since 1993. Somehow our country's culture doesn't teach us the value of hygiene. We are not even taught the simple procedures of how to use a commode. Strangely I learnt it myself through experience and reading. I have seen the most apparently educated and well spoken people making a mess out of the commode. I wonder why this is not the second most important lesson we must be learning in our lives, after learning to eat properly! Also, I wonder why Indians have to spit so much! Irrespective of whether we are having gutka or not, we Indians just love to spit anywhere and everywhere. I guess it is an acquired cultural trait. I wish I could take every Indian abroad at least once in their lives to give them a reality check of how other country's inhabitants take care of their country. Another huge hazard in our country is the corruption in the land mafia. We have made our cities a concrete jungle. Not a single country in the world has such horrible township management like India I have travelled a lot and thus stating the facts! We have the worst roads any country can boast of. I count all of this into environment, because this is my environment. This is where I live;this is what I see; this is what I use and I am not happy with such ugliness. We should have restricted builders to make buildings just anywhere and everywhere without any concern about the lack of roads leading to them. Or lack of playgrounds for children. We are an extremely anti-environment country and we should be ashamed of it. We are not a poor downtrodden country. We can afford to clean our cities and towns and villages. But the fact that we are okay with such ugliness and unhygienic surroundings dishearten me. I am hoping that this message reaches the right minds and something is done about it.

Javed Ali:

It is very important to stop cutting trees. If you see any area in Mumbai, particularly Goregaon, the trees are cut one after the other and there is no greenery left. So, it is not just about planting trees but also taking care of them. As an individual, I do not litter and make sure that the garbage is thrown in the dustbin.

Aishwarya Majumdar:

For any living being, good environment brings positive energy. Every year on my birthday I team up with the municipal school students and we plant saplings. This year I am going to be 21, so we will plant 21 saplings. And the only thing that I would like to tell my fans is Do not waste our natural resources and do not litter. We need to get the basics right and they can be as simple as not spitting in public.

Meiyang Chang:

First of all, do not throw garbage in public, use dust bins. Also, just because there is garbage dumped in the corner of a street, does not mean that the people should keep on adding to the pile. We should also try and use alternate energy sources like solar energy.In my society, we have been trying to install solar water plant and implement rain water harvesting.

Shweta Pandit:

The biggest problem in Mumbai is lack of hygiene. When you go to the markets or to the vegetable vendors, there is so much garbage that you cannot even find a clean spot to stand. So, the people need to understand that we need to use proper means of garbage disposal.