So many meetings are held, but now also i see poor people in my remote place called Bolangir in Orissa collecting wood from forests having no other alternative than attacking nature, forests being cleared unsustainably, people boastfully talk of reaching ladder of resource consumption so as to become developed- e.g., they say, consumption of electricity/energy should increase to match US/UK, steel/paper consumption per capita should increase, meat consumption per capita should increase, phone connection should increase, vehicle availability per thousand population should increase etc etc.. It is said rapid industrialisation would solve the problem of unemployment and poverty, if that is the case, why are there unemployment in developed country at all. If somebody opposes ill-planned and unsustainable (environment point of view, not monetary), he is called a traitor tying to stop the development of this country/the area. Why production cost is cheaper here, one reason may be that of non-inclusion of environment cost. Company is not bothered about safe disposal of waste generated and waste product obtained after consumer used it. We purchase what is a waste in developed countries and there they need a lot of money to dispose. Many times EIA%u2019s are just a formality. Water table is going down and down, water availability is getting more difficult. Land, water and air is getting polluted. God knows how biodiesel is going to help and what effect would it have on food security a
RE:climate change and India
by Amit Ketkar on Jun 05, 2007 04:39 AM Permalink
Saroj, Very good comments. The problem in India is blindly following the western model. That too at ones own convenience. We make tall buildings, but no roads, sewers etc.. We want to grow economically, but we forget the most basic tenet of civilization, the upliftment of all. Sustainability is the key to all development, but in India we don't pay much attention to that. For that matter the west is also learning that you cannot replenish natural resources... We in India have a better understanding of nature, we should go back to our roots and keep our development sustainable and in accord with Nature..
