Noted poet and journalist Bhagwati Kumar Sharma declared the society formally opened. The society, founding members said, will work to assist authorities like the SMC, the GPCB and the state government in providing a better living atmosphere in the city. Sharma, speaking on the occasion said that laws on occupancy of land, migration of labourers into the city and decentralisation of industries in and around Surat needed to be formulated.

Inaugurating the workshop at the Mahida Bhawan Auditorium at Ichhanath area of the city, the minister expressed concern over the water being used by processing units in and around the city. Citing examples in other countries, where water was recharged for domestic use again, he said that if concrete steps were not taken at the earliest, this could be the case in the country in the near future.

He also expressed concern that while there was a requirement of at least 30 percent forest land of the whole, the state had only about nine to ten per cent forests. He urged the newly formed society to take up planting of trees and afforestation on a priority.

Office bearers of the organisation were appointed during the meet.