Beyond basic needs, 5-6 percent of the country’s population, which is about 7-8 crores, has immense wealth. These people also tamper with nature to increase their comforts. For example, heading to the mountains during summer and winter vacations, cutting down forests there to build houses, widening roads for transportation, using dynamite to cut down mountains and shaking the entire mountain and increasing the temperature by increasing greenhouse gases, all this results in incidents of cloudbursts and landslides. All this is nature’s reaction against human interference.
Rising temperature
According to scientists, the temperature of the atmosphere has increased by 1.10 degrees Celsius compared to 1750 AD. It is also estimated that this increase will reach 2.0 by 2050, due to which the sea level will rise due to melting of glaciers and the cities located on the coast will be submerged. The three major coastal cities in India are Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The main reason for the increase in temperature is the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The air mainly contains 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon and 0.1% other gases. This 0.1% mainly contains carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide etc. These 0.1% gases are called greenhouse gases, which heat the earth by absorbing solar rays. If these gases were not there, the average temperature of the earth would fall below 18 degrees Celsius, which is now 15 degrees Celsius, because these gases make the earth unsuitable for vegetation. That is why these gases are called greenhouse gases. But on the other hand, due to the increase in these gases, the balance of the water cycle (hydrological cycle) on earth is disturbed, sometimes clouds burst, floods occur and sometimes drought occurs in the atmosphere. The main reasons for the increase in greenhouse gases include excessive use of mineral oil-petrol, diesel and coal (fossil fuel), increasing animal population (dairy animals release methane gas), cultivation of crops that retain water (paddy) and deforestation, etc.
Not taking full advantage of technological development
These days, the weather department’s predictions are mostly coming out right. In the long-term forecast itself, the weather department had said that this year the monsoon would be more than normal. Then in May-June, it said that there would be more rain in the north-western part of the country in July-August. This part is the catchment area of our rivers and dams (the area from where rainwater is collected in a particular river, stream or lake). In 1988, due to 63 cm of rain in the catchment area on 22-26 September, water had to be released from the dam immediately, because the last date for filling the dam was fixed as 30 September. By 22 September 1988, the dam was already full. This year, it was known from the time of the empty dams that there would be more rain and it is happening, then why was water not released into all the rivers at the same time? Is the narrow vision or low ability of the BBMB responsible for these floods? Secondly, dams are also filled more deliberately, because if there is more water in the dams, then only Haryana and Rajasthan benefit from it. Filling dams too much is more harmful and less beneficial for Punjab, because floods occur only in Punjab. Punjab is in trouble today, but the Centre has not sent any aid so far. Although it is known that Punjab does not have money, yet in the name of politics, 290 crores are being cited. It is better that you give more money in this trouble, even if it is deducted from the GST installment. On the other hand, the Chief Minister of Haryana just made a statement one day that at this time, Haryana is with Punjab, whatever assistance the Chief Minister of Punjab will say, we will send. After that, he also kept quiet. It should be remembered that no Punjabi ever asks with open hands, if assistance is to be sent, then a check could have been sent as much as the damage was to be helped. According to the news, Haryana later sent 5 crores to Punjab, it would have been better if they had kept quiet. On the other hand, Rajasthan, which receives the most water from dams, did not even make any statement. The damage was more in Himachal and Punjab and there are governments of the opposition party in both the states. That is why the policy of laxity is followed, whereas it was right to think that after all, all the states are part of India.
Mining
Mining on rivers has always been a topic of discussion. In every government, its opposition raises the question that illegal mining is taking place. This business is under the patronage of the governments of the time. When mining is done, it goes up to 50 feet deep. This means that the foundation of the dam is itself weakened, on which no matter how much soil you put on it, it has to sit because it is empty from below. When people make noise, the governments do not pay any attention. But when the elections come, politics is definitely done on it and later it is made a means of earning.
Moral and Social Responsibility
When we talk about responsibility, almost everyone’s thoughts come to our leaders and governments. The major reason for the change in our thinking is the freebies, which have made us useless and self-centered. This is a bitter thing, but it is a fact. If we had separated ourselves from the governments in time and had cleaned the drains, adjacent roads and ditches around us, then perhaps we could have avoided some of the damage today. Generally, it is said that this is not my job, it is the government’s. There was a time when the people of the village used to clean the ditches, culverts and drains together. They used to also put soil along the link roads. But today, the NREGA peopleIf it is cleaned, then it is fine, otherwise, God forbid. For example, if all the houses that are connected by a permanent canal are repaired together every six months, the canal will never break. Along with this, the government has also ruined its own canal case in the course of gathering votes with people-friendly policies. Today, if a person goes to the canal department to change his turn, he has to pay the pending case. No case is collected from the others. We need to think about this, that instead of depending on the government completely, we should stand on our own feet. If we do the work that we do together in times of trouble, if we do it in advance, then perhaps we can avoid many disasters. With this, the government machinery will also have to move on its own under compulsion. Today, this blow that has befallen Punjab, the natural blow has been increased to a large extent by the negligence of the officials and the indifference of the people.
