Essay on plastic free india a tribute to gandhiji in hindi
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Explanation:Monday, 30 September 2019 | Neeraj Kumar Pande
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The Gandhian model for social and economic development of Indian society was eclectic and reformtaive in essence. It was a mix of motley principles and values which combined to form a holistic approach towards social, economic and political empowerment of each and every individual in society. For Gandhi no social institution could exist in isolation. Growth of the community was either in each and every dimension or was completely non existent. No wonder that Gandhi insisted that the purpose of education should be the development of entire community.
He also believed that a village self sufficient economically, where all needs of people could be met sufficiently is the most successful form of economy. Among all his valuable beliefs like ahinsa, truthfulness, peace and cleanliness, the ones which hold special relevance for contemporary society are undoubtedly ahinsa and cleanliness.
For ahinsa or non violence here does not only imply its literal meaning, but it extrapolates to maintaining peace with all elements of life. The biggest tribute modern India could give him has come in the shape of banning the draconian single use plastics (SUPs) from October 2, 2019. It is a decisive step for inculcating the spirit of non violence towards our environment. Besides it is completely in resonance with Gandhian values of cleanliness and hygenie. Hygenie which has to be practiced in thought and then implemented in the external life.
According to Gandhi all personal hygenie is pointless unless people keep their surroundings clean. He professed that “Swaraj can only be had by clean, brave people”.
It is this legacy of the Gandhian ideal of cleanliness which has inspired the spirit of social transformation in modern India. In the same light the recent ruling of the Central Government against the use of six single use plastic products namely, plastic cups, straws, polythene bags, bottles, spoons and forks, was a much needed governmental intervention. Since the last few years, plastics have become a leading component of the net solid waste being generated in all metros and tier 2 towns across India. As per the Central Pollution Control Board data for the year 2012, India generates almost 26,000 tonnes of plastic a day. Fast forward to 2019 and a similar finding by CPCB states that 80 per cent of the total plastic produced in India lands up in the garbage.
It is evident from the scores of garbage piles and overflowing municipal garbage containers in various areas of Dehradun that how plastic waste lays mixed with all different kinds of wastes.
The rate of plastic production, usage and disposal is far higher than the rate of recycling even presently. In fact the very genesis of SUPs was with the intention that they should be discarded right after being used once. Here people have given more importance to their convenience rather than ecological considerations.
The mindlessly dumped plastic waste slowly finds it way into local drains and then rivers. There it causes various problems like water toxicity, basin blockage leading to changes in river course and resulting in frequent floodings.
The same water then ends up in the oceans and further gets eaten up by the sea creatures. The recent report of the US Geological Survey in August 2019, where plastic fibres were also discovered in rain samples near Colorado, only testimonise how plastics have become an integral constituent of the global water cycle.
Besides many stray animals have been reported to be dying painfully after consuming plastic and polythene wastes found openly discarded in drains, river beds and road sides