India's First Environment Minister Digvijaysinh Zala Passes Away

Former Union Minister and Gujarat MLA Digvijaysinh Zala has died at the age of 88. Creating the Environment Ministry and becoming the first Environment Minister under Indira Gandhi’s regime, Zala had also headed the Wankaner princely state in Saurashtra. He represented India's stand on environmental issues in the UN multiple times. Zala also initiated the process of replacing wooden sleepers under railway tracks with cement ones to save trees.