Political provocation of Devbhoomi’ s fragile ecology
Infrastructure development in Himalayan terrain is not just unsustainable development but is utterly regressive to human development. By Malini Shankar Digital Discourse Foundation The frequent but distressing extreme weather events in the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand Sikkim, higher reaches of Uttar Pradesh, (UT of Jammu) and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh are but a mirror to the unsustainable development in these regions. Developmental polemics in these areas is an extreme manifestation of political provocation of Mother Nature. Sensitive Himalayan ecology is meant to serve as a catchment area for glacial ecology not cement concrete paved tunnels that stall the water seepage in rocks, destroying the fragile green belts Devbhoomi, the very abode of Gods, as traditional wisdom goes in India. Factoring Climate Change in planning is critical Sustainable Development But, politicians anywhere in the world are apathetic to the call of Environmentalists. The Sil...