We are almost into summer now.......
Many regions of the country might still be blanketed with snow, but the mercury is intense in other parts...
As I peer out of my study window, outside seems almost blinding...and this is less the 30 degree C.
I remember, one day, last summer temperature had reached 37 degree C. Santa Ana wind was blowing and it felt like being whipped by the scorching summer.
Imagine, its 45 degree C in India. And, its only mid April. Not only the high temperature, UV index is reaching above 10.Our body is not made to tolerate such high temperature. Sun strokes can dehydrate and kill people. And this strong UV is powerful enough to irritate skin and cause cancer. In fact, heat waves have already killed hundreds in certain parts of India. Not everyone is lucky enough to work in air-conditioned offices...a lot many work outside. The farmers, who feed us have to work outside. Also, construction workers, commuters, school-going kids and other people are threat of succumbing to the excess heat.
To accommodate traffic, roadside trees are being chopped off...
Vehicles are exuding toxic carbon gases...concrete buildings are mushrooming. And these are exacerbating things.
Trees are dying in masses due to dropping water level, lack of rainfall, pests........
Its high time, we must take precautionary actions. Population boom must be controlled. In the resource-depleting world, it is better to have fewer birth rates, then having unnatural, freak deaths or sicker lives.
If the abuse to nature continues, environmental balance will go haywire and it will backfire...with erratic rain and prolonged droughts, earthquakes, wildfire, virulent pathogen evolution and many more catastrophes, which we can't even imagine..
This is the one and only planet we have.......we must preserve and protect it...for our own survival dwells on it.......
We don't really need palatial houses or swanky cars or closet-ful of clothes....We do need clean water, fresh fair, greenery, chirp of birds...
Please do your part in protecting this fragile Earth.....by shunning consumerist lifestyle and embracing moderation..........less is more...someone has rightfully said...
