Environment & Growth
Today on TimesNow debate Mr. Rahul Bajaj & Mr. Mohandas Pai were blaming the government for not allowing coal mining in the forest areas. One of them objected to Mr. Jairam Ramesh not allowing coal mining to take place in the forest areas. They were talking about “striking a balance” and “inaction”.
Sorry dear Industrialists, protecting forests is not inaction & allowing coal mines to destroy forests is not action. Sure we need power but we need clean power that doesn’t destroy our forests, pollute our environment or displace millions of people.
Whenever the industrialists want to grab land or encroach already shrinking forests, they talk about “impediments to growth” & so called “striking a balance”.
By the way, what does striking a balance mean? Where do we strike a balance if we only want to grow all the time, endlessly?
Who stands for forests? Who stands for wildlife? And what growth are we talking about? Growth like an outburst of Ebola that consumes everything destroying itself at the end?
Foolish or smart we must protect the Forests.
