We are facing an environmental crisis and it needs no emphasis that if something not done immediately, we may cause an irreparable damage to the planet’s environment, rather some scientists claim that we have already done that damage.
However, even if we have already caused that damage at least, we should not further that damage, which may imperil our own survival.
Unfortunately, the people think that the govts need to save the environment and the govt thinks that the rich countries need to compensate them and offer them technology to do the same.
Second, in the guise of saving environment our Hard earned tax payers money is being spent in scoring brownie points with no accountability by these scoundrel politicians.
In 2016, UP Govt planted more than five crore trees in a single day at more than 6,000 locations across the state of Uttar Pradesh.
In 2017, In a bid to create a Guinness World Record, the Madhya Pradesh government carried out a drive to plant six crore saplings in 12-hours along the banks of river Narmada.
I am sure, even those who planted the trees will not be able to account for them as no official assessment of the plantation drive has been conducted so far. An Activist Vinayak Parihar alleged that an audit of the plantation has proved that not even one crore saplings have survived because the plantation was carried out in a hurried manner.
Five Hindu 'religious leaders' were given the rank of minister of state in MP after they threatened to expose the plantation scam. One among them was Computer Baba, who had threatened agitation was also given the plum post , and thereafter he withdrew his agitation and gave Govt a clean chit.
In nutshell everyone is passing the buck and here we have spent summers at temperatures touching nearly 50 degrees Celsius, most of the rivers have shrunk into nullahs, ponds and lakes covered to build buildings, forests and agricultural land reduced to provide space to build highways, tunnels, dams, townships and as aresult millions are facing water shortages .
Many are under the impression that if you uproot a forest and keep numerous plots( one each for every son and daughter) all over the city, you can still protect the environment by planting as many trees along side the road or in your colony