On the occasion of World Environment Day, seminars will be organized by various organizations to create awareness about environmental protection. Some people will also plant saplings, but the activities of the last several decades prove that the whole exercise proves to be a figment. Statistics show that there is no special arrangement to improve the health of the environment. Pool ponds were bridged to form concrete jungles. Trees and plants were also cleaned and houses were made. Chimneys of factories are spewing ‘poison’ in agricultural land.
World Environment Day Apart from Gorakhpur city, the air quality index of industrial area Sahjanwan always remains poor. It only improves when a westerly wind blows or it rains. The Air Quality Index data for the last 10 days is a testimony to this. Kailash Pandey, expert of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, says that whenever there is a westerly wind or rain, the air quality index of Gorakhpur city and industrial area Sahjanwan improves, otherwise according to the air quality index, the air quality in Gorakhpur city. The quality remains poor and very poor in Drumstick.
There were once more than 100 tal ponds in the city of Gorakhpur, which have now reduced to around 40. It has an effect on the environment. Kailash Pandey says that every year marine plants produce more than half of our atmosphere’s oxygen. Whereas a mature tree purifies the air of the atmosphere and absorbs 22 kg of carbon dioxide. In return, it releases oxygen. Despite all this, human beings abuse the environment. The time has come to make serious efforts to improve the health of the environment.
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There should be 20 percent forest in the plains,
DFO Avinash Kumar said that according to the forest policy, one-third of the land area of the whole country should be covered by forest. In the plains, 20% of the area should be forested. But according to the survey of Forest Survey of India, the total geographical area in Gorakhpur city is 3321 sq km, out of which 16900 hectare is forest area. Which is about 2.67 percent. But it needs further improvement.
