Protecting the environment through legislation is already delayed by a decade, in India. Too much irreversible damage has happened and the future generations will suffer untold miseries due to the thoughtless deforestation, destruction of mountainous regions, pollution of water bodies and rivers, building concrete jungles in catchment areas of rivers, lowering ground water levels for shallow commercial projects and sanctioning mining projects to satisfy the greed of certain groups in power but with far reaching consequences for the health and livelihoods of the native population. Some of these projects were actually not required, but were pushed through in the name of modernization and development of infrastructure for the economic well-being of the local population; the crumbling of Joshimath and surrounding areas of Uttarkashi are a case in point. The government could have done better by refraining from drilling tunnels into the hills of Uttarakhand and instead aided the small state in horticulture projects, fruit plantations; as the area is important for securing North India from the ravages of climate change. Similarly Kerala, Chennai and Bengaluru could have been spared of devastating flooding if permissions for building concrete structures were given prudently. The list is endless and perhaps we will always play catch up to survive in the harsh reality of climatic change, that lies ahead. Human nature is such, that we like to read what we want and sometimes it is not the reality. Hence, when conscientious people write articles like this, it may help in shaping public opinion. Keep us posted Anil. Very well written. Thank you. 😊
Protecting the environment through legislation is already delayed by a decade, in India. Too much irreversible damage has happened and the future generations will suffer untold miseries due to the thoughtless deforestation, destruction of mountainous regions, pollution of water bodies and rivers, building concrete jungles in catchment areas of rivers, lowering ground water levels for shallow commercial projects and sanctioning mining projects to satisfy the greed of certain groups in power but with far reaching consequences for the health and livelihoods of the native population. Some of these projects were actually not required, but were pushed through in the name of modernization and development of infrastructure for the economic well-being of the local population; the crumbling of Joshimath and surrounding areas of Uttarkashi are a case in point. The government could have done better by refraining from drilling tunnels into the hills of Uttarakhand and instead aided the small state in horticulture projects, fruit plantations; as the area is important for securing North India from the ravages of climate change. Similarly Kerala, Chennai and Bengaluru could have been spared of devastating flooding if permissions for building concrete structures were given prudently. The list is endless and perhaps we will always play catch up to survive in the harsh reality of climatic change, that lies ahead. Human nature is such, that we like to read what we want and sometimes it is not the reality. Hence, when conscientious people write articles like this, it may help in shaping public opinion. Keep us posted Anil. Very well written. Thank you. 😊
Hi Anil, an insightful article! Thank you!