Rs. 51000 Crore would be required in next five years for installing sewage treatment plants for the 118 cities situated on the bank of river Ganga, as submitted in Supreme Court by our Government. You can just imagine other costs involved in cleaning. However at least 15 years would be taken for the completion of this project. I am really confused where we stand. For the sake of development, we polluted our rivers, the water of which we drink, our air that we breathe.. Once again for cleaning them we require much more money and resources than we actually got out of it in return. Is this endless development that takes so much from us so necessary? After all a human being needs what? Food, shelter and cloth the basic amenities to survive, education, some entertainment and family and friends. Nature has given us so much with which we can sustain for centuries. Then for what are we making such a race with each other? What are we targeting to achieve? We saw Kedarnath Tragedy last year, Kashmir tragedy this year. Very recently in the newspapers I read that such natural phenomenons will frequently invade us. We have exploited our nature too much without conserving it. Now it's time for us to pay, nature is paying us back.
I hope everyone of us must have read about 'Himalayan Tsunami'. We are sitting on this time bomb that can blast anytime. Himalayas are still very active and young. Earthquakes are common features in these regions. Very recently a group of geologists and mountain climbers from India and Nepal met in this connection where they highlighted the fact that now Himalayan peaks are slowly losing their snow because the dust and other such particles are sitting over these snow and so making the surface temperature warmer and in the event of rains, they start melting unlike before. As a result many peaks which remained full of snow for the full year are losing snow for a large stretch. The melting of snow has created several lakes on the high Himalayas. Some of the lakes as mentioned in the report are as large as of 2 kms.in length and 1 km in width and around 70 meters in depth. This is one of many such lakes created in the recent few years. Now in case of any severe earthquake, these lakes may burst and the water will flow down to the planes and this will be devastating even for the planes in north India and Nepal. One such example we have already seen in Kedarnath, that was not even due to earthquake. The devastation due to earthquake may be multiple times severe than this one. We are doing nothing in this regard. That's our least priority to protect our environment. Already severe damage is done. I don't think now this process is reversible. We shall just wait for this doom's day.
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