write a letter to editor showing your concern about natural disasters in about 500 words
Answers
answer-
15, Mandevilla Gardens
Kolkata – 700016
15 August 2018
The Editor
The Times of India
7, Bahadur Shah Zaffar Marg
New Delhi – 11
Subject : Expessing Concern of Man made Natural Disasters
Sir
I am a concerned citizen of this country. And I am very worried our incessant and over use of natural resources causing natural disasters. That is why I am writing this letter to be published by you in the esteemed columns of your widely circulated daily to create a general awareness.
Disaster is defined as a crisis or situation causing wide spread damage which far exceeds our ability to recover. Disaster is a sudden, calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, destruction and devastation to life and property. Communities will always face natural hazards, but today’s disasters are often generated by, or at least exacerbated by, human activities. At the most dramatic level, human activities are changing the natural balance of the earth, interfering as never before with the atmosphere, the oceans, the polar ice caps, the forest cover and the natural pillars that make our world a liveable home. But we are also putting ourselves in harm’s way in less visible ways.
It has been estimated that rapidly growing modernization is leading to ignorance towards the environment. Today we are growing at rapid rate neglecting the harm that we are causing to our environment. Environmental bylaws are being neglected for personal gains by few businessmen. The dual forces of global warming as well as poor human management in the field of land and water resources combine to the cause of natural disasters. Unplanned urbanization is at its peak, no one is really caring about the environmental risks and everyone is busy making money. There are a lot of constructions coming up in flood-prone regions which has increasing the likelihood that their towns and villages will be affected by flash floods and coastal floods. A recent flood in Uttarakhand is one such example.
Though there are environmental laws that these industries need to follow to treat the waste before disposing off into environment but most of the times the industry owners neglect these laws for their personal gain and even authorities are also quite relaxed and do not take a prompt action against the culprits. Rapid construction has led to large land areas being covered with cement, which means that the flow of water becomes very strong, and the runoff from the water can't get absorbed by the soil anymore, so it keeps collecting and rushing down, getting heavier and faster, which may ultimately lead to much bigger floods. It is not that everyone is being ignorant in the race to be the best.
So we should immediately do something to stop our own destruction and Save the environment and save the world.
Thanking you.
Yours truly
[ name ]