People must be sensitized about Environmental Issues

I have had an opportunity to celebrate World Environment Day in

Islamabad along with government high-ups and other experts of the

field. Majority of the participants presented their speeches in

English Language while their connection with the soil which is

building block of environment was extremely bleak.  Like other

gathering this one was also routine discussion session and there is no

will on the part of each participant to practically do some work for

protecting environment. Like federal capital, in other parts of the

country such gathering also held to celebrate world environment day

with the sole aim of “Nishastam Guftam Barkhastam”. My humble message

in this day of environment is one “We must act instead of rhetoric”.

In case of paper work we are number one, while in case of implementing

the discussed views we are at the lowest of the bottom. Just take

example of Islamabad which I visited after the session and found very

precarious situation that each household possess 3 to four  generators

for electricity generation and this luxury on the part of people

creating serious environment pollution in the whole area and consumers

are totally oblivious of the situation. If these people are

environmentally sensitive they can replace electric generator with

solar system which is not so much hazardous for environment as well as

economically viable. Secondly I also realized there is no space

available for drainage of water in the whole capital and space left

for such purpose has been fully dumped by the nearby people with

garbage and if there is heavy rain it will create havoc. These are two

examples which reflect how ignorant we are in case of environment

while having formal education up to master and Ph.D level.  Why we are

doing these things, because we are not sensitive about environment.

Until and unless we are sensitized about environment and until we take

practical steps from household to community and government level there

will come no improvement in environmental issues. Let us stop speeches

and start practical work and let us become sensitive about our

environmental issues which are very close around us and we

continuously ignore them because of our own ignorance... Rehmat Ali Jaffardost, Environmental Activist, CHEPS Chitral 06 Jun 2017