Our "Earth Day"

One of India’s private utility companies celebrated the Earth day. The idea was to create awareness about environmental changes including the challenge of climate change. They invented a new word, combining evolution and green movement. 
But sustaining the growth of Industries and conserving the environment is very difficult. The ideal is recycling of water and conserving water. Consumerism should be limited to the basic need. Sustained commerce should be encouraged. Use of the lights which conserve electricity, and limiting use of electric gadgets and leading a simple way of life will go a long way in conserving our natural resources. Over use now means we will pay for it later. No electricity or no water would be a situation we can avoid, if we conserve today.Although we talk about conserving resources, we are using up our resources very very fast. We are exporting resources like the iron ore, bauxite, and copper and so on. Environmental protection needs approvals from the state governments as the central government had relinquished its role in it. So making approvals is left to states and state government is free to make it as it pleases—with or without e-auction, e-tendering procedures. This leaves room for nontransparent deals.

We should keep ecological repercussions in mind before using up resources. Wood must be conserved and limited use of paper is logical.Forests and the immense riches it holds are not known to the people or the government. Rich in herbs and medicinal plants our forests will be lost for ever. The known and unknown species will become extinct.  Forest people or tribal populations are under stress as their homes are being lost.Many indigenous animals like the tiger are in the verge of extinction.Resource struggle between people and animals takes its toll. 
Pollution dumped in the rivers have chocked it. Water resource is indiscriminately used up as water tables dry up.

Just celebrating the Earth Day is not important. Taking steps to stop deforestation, stop environmental pollution and stop exploitation of mineral wealth is needed. And policies have to be made to stop these disasters. If not India as we know will be gone. Our holy rivers will vanish and we would be people without our lands and our homes.We may become nomadic tribes in a dessert If we do not care for our environment,we must know that our India's days in the Earth are numbered!