Excessive exploitation of natural resources and changing life-style were responsible for environmental imbalance, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said here today.
Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, Yadav praised his concern for nature and balanced life style.
"Gandhiji had said we should take from nature only that much which is required," Yadav said.
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