Nature itself is infrastructure,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday, as he called for placing nature-based solutions at the centre of development planning to build climate resilience in the Himalayan region. Second, he urged that Nature-based Solutions be embedded into project budgeting, appraisal, and monitoring. LG Sinha urged universities to elevate Nature-based Solutions into a multidisciplinary subject, spanning ecology, hydrology, engineering, economics, disaster management, and traditional knowledge. Recalling the Green Jammu Kashmir Drive launched in 2020, which raised forest cover to nearly 55 percent, Sinha reiterated the importance of sustainable living. On the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor inaugurated the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Block at the main campus, IUST's Larmoo Campus, and the Law School.