The earth is an unique creation of god as it is the
only planet in the solar system which support life. Environment is an integral
part of the earth. Environment simply means nature which support and affects
various forms of life. It is defined as the sum of total physical surrounding
biological factors around us that directly influence the survival growth,
development and reproduction. In the word of Abraham Lincoln "The past is
the cause and present will the cause of the future. All these are links in the
endless chain stretching from the finite to infinite." Environment has a
self-purifying and self-cleaning capacity which has been deteriorated by man's
continuous thoughtless actions which he did in the past and present actions
might be cause of tomorrow.
Environmental Pollution is a serious problem and has
grown very acute in the recent years. The word "pollution" is derived
from a latin word "pollutionem", which literally means "to make
dirty". It is the addition of certain unwanted contaminated wastes to air,
water, land, largely resulting from human activities to such level of
concentration which leads to undesirable affects on the quality of surroundings
. It adversely affects human beings, animals, plants and material.
The problem of pollution assumes different forms such
as atmospheric, water, land, noise, radiation pollution. Over exploitation of
natural resources with an unplanned mechanism have brought about serious
changes in the different components of environment. Urbanization,
deforestation, unplanned industrialization, human population explosion,
scientific and technological development are the root causes of environmental
pollution. Man always has a greed for better lifestyle since the emergence of
primitive man on this earth and in his thirst of cakes and adle he ignores
nature.
Air and water are very essential for the survival of
life and they are considered as a "panacea" for living beings. These
revered things are highly polluted by automobile exhaust, combustion of coal and
petroleum, tobacco smoking, effluent from factories and big industries, urban
and rural sewage let into rivers etc. In addition to these hydrocarbons,
nickel, dust, chlorofluorocarbons, pesticides, fertilizers etc are also driven
out into the atmosphere from industries and their processes. We have the live
example of the white monument 'Taj Mahal' located in the Agra city where the
concentration of acidic gases in the atmosphere is so high that it reacts with
the white marble causing blemishing of this historic monument with the passage
of time. This shows the toxic impact of growing pollution even on lifeless
things.
The problem of pollution poses a great terrorization
for the mankind. Green House Effect, Acidic rain and Depletion of Ozone layer
are some of the extreme effects of pollution. If the mushrooming problems of
pollution are not controlled efficiently, the very existence of life on the
earth will be in danger. To check pollution, we should stand united so as to
exterminate this .Undoubtedly, Government is there to implement its policies
regarding balanced growth of industrialization and urbanization but we should
also understand our responsibilities as an individual. Every individual should
resort to the program of tree plantation, taking up the habit of recycling the
waste, to the usage of LPG or CNG in the vehicles instead of oil, rejection to
smoking and adopting the measures of population control. Environment is an
invaluable treasure which needs to be preserved for the existence of living
beings. In order to accomplish this difficult task people should always believe
in the core fact that. "Together we can make this world a beautiful place
to live".
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