Students urged to protect environment

Should take a pledge for protection of environment otherwise it will end existence of living being on earth: Nitish Kumar

PTI | August 9, 2011



Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asked students to take a pledge to work for protection of environment.

"We should take a pledge for protection of environment otherwise it will end the existence of living being on the earth," Kumar told a students' function organised to comemmorate the 'Quit India' movement in 1942.

"In Bihar, we have embarked on a students tree plantation scheme and in Bhagalpur, there is a village called Dharhara where people have decided to plant a tree soon after the birth a female baby in their families," he said.

Regretting unplanned development of Patna, he said in the event of an earthquake of greater magntude like Bhuj, Patna would witness heavy loss of lives and property.

Deputy chief minister S K Modi said the state was left with minimum cover of forests after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar.

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