Guv plea to protect environment

MORIGAON: Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Monday appealed to the people to protect forest and environment at any cost. Conferring the first Green Assam award to noted environmentalist Dulal Chandra Goswami, the governor said global warming was a threat to human civilization and urged the authorities concerned and people to together protect environment and forest. The 'Anti global warming society', has introduced the award. Speaking on the occasion, Goswami, a retired professor of environment science of Gauhati university, urged the people to adopt unconventional energy, including solar energy, in an effort to check pollution.