ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION
The state o Kerala being a narrow strip of land at
the southern end of the Indian peninsula has many built-in problems. Though
known as the “God’s own country”, by virtue of its natural beauty and
geographical conditions, Kerala is facing lot of ecological & environmental
damages.
The life style of the people of Kerala is different
from the living pattern of the people of the other states in India. Here we
maintain a spread out living without forming a cluster or village lifestyle.
Therefore we do not have any unoccupied area for any commercial development or any
industrial unit. But in other states the living pattern is quite different and
vast areas of land are available for any commercial business or for setting up
factory buildings or industrial units without affecting the freedom of the
people for a secured living from pollution or other environmental damages.
Whereas, we people in Kerala staying throughout the length and breadth of the small
state, face problems of polluted environment for want of adequate “breathing
space”. Kerala is a consumable state and we cannot afford to have vast
industrial growth for the reasons mentioned above.
To bring us to limelight in the matter of economical
and social growth, we have to develop our human resources to the maximum level
of excellence in the scientific and other higher educational fields, so as to
cope up with others and to improve our social and economic status. Industrial
units in our heavily populated areas will cause dangerous situations in the
life of the people and the surrounding water resources and lakes, thereby affecting
the public health and destruction of the natural geographical and topographical
features.
Of late, the discipline and obedience to law and
order amongst us has been eroding fast, and we are prone to take shortcuts in
whatever job we do in private or public life. Such being our mind set as of
now, any attempt to launch industrial units in our state will be suicidal in
the present situation. The existing industrial complexes are still facing
problems in maintaining the environmental protection in the desired manner as
envisaged by the authorities. Discharging of waste water and poisonous gas etc
is still unchecked and the local inhabitants are suffering on this account.
A very serious thought is necessary to protect our
people from man-made calamities.
Abraham Mangalath Philip
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