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The word ‘pollution’ has now become a very neglected phrase for some people. When they hear this word, they try to divert their hearing as much as possible. Because of them, pollution levels are rising at an alarming rate today on a chart scale. It would not be an exaggeration if it is said that human civilization is about to disappear due to this pollution in the near future.
Now the question may arise, did people not spread pollution before? Answer, surely it would spread. Earlier they used to make food by burning wood fire. In winter, fire was made by burning wood. They protected themselves from the attacks of ferocious animals by burning fire. Earlier they used to kill animals for food. But he did it sporadically. As in the modern era, the factories did not pollute the environment of any particular place. Nor did the damming of rivers stop the natural expansion of sediments, which helped to fertilize the land. As now, they did not damage the earth’s skin and atmosphere by cutting mountains, extracting underground coal, mineral oil, and water. In fact, animals were few in number. The damage caused by them could easily be compensated by nature.
At present, the demand for extracting natural resources is increasing with the rate at which the population is exploding. It is necessary to produce food grains twice or even three times a year by applying chemical fertilizers on one crop land for food supply. As the natural fertility of the land is disappearing, the food quality and excellence of the crops are also decreasing. Human immunity is being disrupted through food.
On the other hand, as the population increases, people have to meet their housing needs by destroying forests. Somewhere in urban areas, multi-storied housing is built by draining wetlands, damaging the ecosystem. Somewhere on both sides of the river boulders have to be made to make land. It reduces the width of the river course. I left out the silt carried by the river which is helpful for plant growth.
As the saying goes “forest is good”. Three-fourths of the total land area of a country should be reserved for forests. But people are using that land for other purposes for their own benefit. Trees and wildlife today are threatened by poachers. The forest is disappearing, along with it the wild animals are also disappearing.
For example, let’s take tigers. Earlier tiger hunting was considered as a recreational sport. Raja maharajas used to show their valor by killing tigers. Since 1975 it has been banned by the Government of India. But by the time it was announced, their numbers had dwindled to almost zero. Although the number of tigers has increased slightly due to the construction of sanctuaries, poachers still continue to hunt them using various techniques. Tiger skin juice is used as an ingredient in various valuable and life-giving medicines. Tiger claws, teeth, milk, nothing can be thrown away. These tigers are herbivores, living off plants. Thus it appears that the living world is interdependent and plants are essential for the maintenance of complete life.
Plants not only provide us with food, they are used in every aspect of the household (doors, windows, beds and other furniture). Most importantly, the carbon-dioxide that we exhale with our breath, the plants take that poison as food and in return supply oxygen to keep the living world alive.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is very low (about 1.5% – 2%). This gas is not exactly flammable, but helps retain heat. Fossil fuel combustion in power plants, industries emit homogeneous gases carbon-dioxide, carbon-monoxide, sulfur-dioxide from factories, CFCs (chloro-fluoro-carbons), methane and lead-based compounds in car exhausts, which constantly form ozone (O3 ) continues to damage the substrate. And due to its effect, the deadly ultraviolet rays of the sun (Ultra Violet Ray) penetrate that layer and reach the earth, warming the atmosphere more and more. Due to its influence, thousands of years of accumulated ice in the north and south are slowly melting into water today. According to the opinion of scientists, if this glacier of Antarctica or the North Pole cannot be stopped, there is a danger that many countries’ cities and villages will be wiped out. The Maldives, Lakshadweep, parts of the Andamans, the southern part of West Bengal and the islands lying at a slight elevation above sea level disappeared into the sea.
Due to the effect of global warming (Global Warming), the height at which the Himalayan glaciers used to reach the melting point is now two kilometers higher. As a result, the longest rivers of India and other countries of the world, including the Ganges, are similarly suffering from fragility today due to lack of sufficient water. Their weak currents are no longer able to carry sediment into the sea. As a result, riding is waking up in different places. The riverbeds are filling up with silt. Dukul is flooded with flood water during monsoon. However, in the dry season, even if canals are cut for irrigation, sufficient water is not available for crop production.
River basins are nourished by river water. The soil that makes up the plains is made up of water and organic matter and microbes. In the absence of water, the soil turns into crushed rock. As the water in the river recedes, the water level in the basin is gradually going down. Due to this, houses are sitting in urban areas, river banks are breaking, the country is becoming desert-like.
Another significant cause of global warming is war. In the modern era, every bomb (atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, and other bombs) detonated is causing the atmosphere to warm faster and higher. Not only that, during the collection of materials for making bombs, the toxic heavy water that evaporates or directly mixes with water in nuclear reactors (during the extraction of radium, titanium, plutonium from ore) also poisons the sea water reservoir.
Today, the climate’s seasonal cycle has started to shift prematurely, mostly due to the effects of this man-made increase in global warming. Terrible cyclones/tornadoes are frequently forming at sea and hitting the land. As a result, many trees along with houses are being destroyed. As a result, global warming is increasing day by day. It creates new cyclones frequently. We are completely trapped in a vicious cycle of the environment, which is moving towards more dire consequences. If this continues, the future generations of the entire species will face an imminent crisis. So now we all need to be aware and careful and take necessary measures very quickly.
In the above paragraphs we have discussed how the earth’s environment is getting polluted. Plants are our only true friends in this toxic environment. Therefore, to solve these problems, we first need to stop deforestation. Animal killing must also be stopped. Because in the forest, animal faeces, urine and remaining dead animal bodies are converted into tree fertilizer. Besides, community based tree plantation and afforestation needs to be started by making the society aware. Because trees help neutralize the warming of the atmosphere by destroying carbon-dioxide. It also helps maintain atmospheric moisture by extracting water vapor through the process of transpiration (taking up water from the soil by the roots and releasing it through fine pores in the leaves). Dead leaves and dry branches of trees help build soil and prevent soil erosion.
Finally, the value of trees in human society is indescribable. Again, trees are our real helpers. So it is our duty not to cut trees, but to plant trees. Let this mantra “A tree is a life, plant a tree save a life” be inculcated in us. Let greening be our dream.
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