keeps telling stories of the old covenant
The remaining old Shajar is on our side.
~Tahir Faraz
There is a picture of Chandni Chowk area in Delhi in front of your eyes, in the picture there is a road made of red stone, there is a car parked on the path next to the road, on the roof of the car a part of an old tree that has suddenly collapsed and around -People standing nearby. Is there anything surprising about seeing this view? The answer is: No and I will tell you the reason for this “no”. The first thought that comes to your mind after seeing this photo, maybe I too started thinking that I was amazed by the shiny car, something bad happened… it shouldn’t have happened like that. Without thinking about anything, I captured this image first with my eyes and then with the camera. After that, I was left wondering for a long time if the current image of the tree falling and the car owner suffering losses is the result of whose fault it is.
- Was the tree to blame because it fell on the car?
- Was the car owner at fault because he was the owner of the car?
- Was the car parked in the wrong place?
- Was there negligence on the part of the traffic management system?
- Irresponsibility of the local administration?
- Or was that old tree, which for many years provided all kinds of comforts to people, was in the wrong place?
All these things were echoing in my mind as my eyes fell on the platform built around the trunk of that tree and I began to think about the state of the tree. Meanwhile, a thought came to my mind and I began to smile inwardly, wondering if that tree had remembered that the contractor who had accepted the contract to build the deck also used to come by car for inspection.
How will trees survive in such conditions?
The new Chandni Chowk road, built after a multi-crore renovation in front of the Red Fort, has red sandstone tiles, pots of colorful flowers are seen on its sides and stone benches have been made for tired feet. The electrical cables are underground, so there is hope that the gutter will also pass underneath. There are trails on both sides of the red stone road and it is on this trail where the tree structure that damaged the car is located. A tiled platform has been made under the trunk of that tree. Now, how can this bird, which supplies us with clean oxygen, breathe on its own? Perhaps the result of this was that instead of vegetation, only the structure remained and it wobbled, becoming a cause of problems for the car owner.
Control over change?
The world is changing every day. We immediately notice changes in the things that are part of our daily routine, but over time the changes happen gradually. There are many changes in our lives that suddenly catch our attention and surprise us. There are mainly two types of changes: natural and man-made. Human nature considered both types of changes according to the need according to its convenience and when it felt like it, it was prohibited and it was said that a certain thing is not convenient and is not necessary, so it should be abolished or left. your own devices. That is, we made a definition of good and bad change and began to try to establish our control over the change that seemed good to us according to our need. But can we face the blows of nature and exercise our will in all types of change?
‘The purpose of the world’ summed up in one image
We play many of these games on Maazi to fulfill worldly needs and this trend has not stopped, we continue on this path and move forward vigorously. But what we are leaving behind only comes to mind for a few moments. And the thought comes in such a way that it is limited to a single image.
Caught in the web of restoration, renewal and modernity for the sake of a dazzling world equipped with technology, we try to appear supposedly successful, but the question is: are we really successful? If so, are you finding comfort in this success? When forests are destroyed to start a project, trees that get in the way are cut down while concrete roads are built to leave a city free of dust, and nature is played with during the so-called renovation of a market. , we must also remember its consequences.
We no longer see huge trees in the residential areas around us. We have reached the point that we hope to obtain oxygen from small potted plants on the balconies of our apartments and in the patios of our houses. We probably no longer have the habit of breathing in the open air, for this we have to muster up the courage. The environment has become so bad that we wear masks on our faces, our car windows roll up, and we are losing nature’s light.
data that raises questions
According to Nature Sustainability Journal, a research conducted through satellite images by researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark said that in just three years, between 2019 and 2022, India has lost around 58 lakh mature (heavy) trees on land. agricultural. Of these trees observed via satellite during 2010-2011, 11 percent were not visible when reviewed between 2018 and 2022, leading researchers to conclude that these trees have disappeared.
The matter of felling of trees in the Ridge area of the national capital Delhi is before the Supreme Court. The court had also raised doubts over the Delhi government’s approval for felling of more than 400 trees.
Published in June of this year. TOI According to a report, the UP government had told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that more than 33,000 fully grown trees would be felled for the 111 km long Kanwar Marg project spread across Ghaziabad, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar. According to the report, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had given permission to the state government to fell 1.1 lakh trees and plants for the project in three districts. Following this, taking suo motu cognizance, the court had sought details of the trees to be felled from the Chief Conservator of Forests, the Ministry, the Public Works Department and the DM of the three districts.
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If decisions made by the general public or the government cause harm to nature, then it is a matter of concern for the people of the world who hope to get clean air. One should not pass by silently after seeing several incidents like old trees falling on cars in Chandni Chowk area. After seeing scenes like this, we should think about what kind of world are we moving towards creating?
