Schoolchildren perform at the annual day function of Global Environmental Organisation, a Bhagalpur-based voluntary body that works for conservation of environment and ecology. At the event, PN Roy, the additional director-general of police (railways), Bihar, said prosperity among human beings is directly related to environment conservation. Roy was addressing a gathering at St Joseph’s School on December 3. “If you want a healthy future generation, you have to be aware of environment conservation,” Roy said. He added that an imbalance in nature always leads to natural disasters. Roy elaborately underlined the different hazards that have started posing threats to the environment. He urged the people to take on massive plantation drives. Text by Gautam Sarkar, picture by Amit Kumar