Essay on pollution for class 7
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Pollution
Gone are the days when lambs and kids used to frisk and frolic down the verdant valleys. Gone are the days when the brooks and streams flowed down the slopes merrily! Where are the green meadows, arbours, green-belts, forests, pastures and terraced fields? Where is the pure blue sky with cotton-like cirrus flitting merrily high above?
The cankers of urbanization and industrialization have converted the once heaven like towns and cities into hell. The sylvan beauty, which one could see in the suburbs, has been replaced by factories and mills. The skyline that once was dominated by tall trees is an ugly sight of stacks spewing toxic fumes! According to statistical data, the urbanization rate in India has risen rapidly. It has reached 31.6 % from 11.1% in 1901. It is expected that by 2030 40.76% of Indian population will be living in urban areas.
As a result of this the natural resources have been badly affected adversely. The clear rills, rivers, lakes and brooks that were picnic spots have been converted into drainage channels, carrying effluents to the river, which has become a bigger channel carrying the muck to the sea! The entire world is losing its beauty and purity. The mankind, a silent witness to this ugly transformation is waiting for some angel to come down and do the cleaning, preserving, and pollution managing! No angel will come for our help. We have created this hell, we ourselves will have to restore and reclaim its lost purity and beauty!