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Everyone wants better infrastructure, concrete roads, more jobs, and overall development. But do we realize that in order to build all these for ourselves, we become so inward-looking that we forget to take care of the environment? The mainstream developmental policies of the government are exploiting our environment to such an extent that they are proving disastrous for us rather than giving us benefits.
The Padma Bhushan Awardee, Anil Prakash Joshi, who is a renowned environmentalist, believes that around 200 years ago the challenge for mankind was economic insecurity but right now it has changed into ecological insecurity. He also adds that development is a necessary process, but it should go hand in hand with the environmental and ecological systems. We cannot sacrifice one for the other. There should be a fine balance between both.
What we need to understand is that the amount of harm we are causing to our environment in the name of development is irreversible. And then neither the plantation drives nor celebrating World Environment Day are going to help us.
India is a developing country that is going through some big development projects that directly or indirectly impact the environment. But as we are walking forward on the path of becoming a developed nation, the incidents of natural disasters due to big projects cannot go unnoticed.
To understand better how our developmental projects are causing natural disasters, let us tell you about the recent case of Joshimath in Uttarakhand.
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