Dehradun, June 4 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has called for working with commitment towards environmental protection and promotion, on the occasion of World Environment Day.

Stating the need for collective efforts towards environmental protection, the Chief Minister Dhami said that we have to unite and think towards the conservation of nature as well.

Describing environmental conservation as a subject related to life, he said that environmental conservation is in the nature of the people of Uttarakhand. Festivals like Harela are the result of the far-sighted thinking of our ancestors to connect with nature. The people of Uttarakhand have played a leading role in environmental conservation.

The state government is ...