Is there anyone who criticised bandhs and hartals in Kerala? Know that everybody in Kerala has enjoyed the Bandh on Thursday. Only those who were stranded on roads amid their journey would have scolded the bandh organisers.
Yes, from the English medium student, who has hectic routines including tuition classes even on Sundays, to the ordinary traffic policeman, who inhale the black air on roads and do not normally get enough time for home, have enjoyed bandh like a boon.
And we feel that it was the trees and plants standing near roadsides ‘who’ have enjoyed the bandh the most! They really got a respite from the nuisance of air horns and the roaring sounds of vehicles, which also destroy the eardrums of infants on their way to hospitals for their pulse polio drop.
You speak about economic slowdown caused by such bandhs and hartal. But what about the economic progress bringing diseases along with?
What you earn through economic progress is spent for the treatment of diseases. Findings say that city dwellers are most susceptible to cancer due to its polluted air. You earn much money working hard and spend all your wealth for the treatment of diseases. Is this tolerable?
And even the local townships in Kerala are polluted due to increase in the number of vehicles and resultant traffic jams. Another thing! The bandh has postponed the death of rivers in Kerala for one day. Because it has also stopped the sand lorries.
You very well know that amongst the things that take place illegally in Kerala is illegal sand-mining, which has already sent death sirens for Bharatha River, Kuttiadi River and what not? We strongly feel that all city dwellers must spend at least two day a month in a dense forest to nullify the effect created by pollution. The two days will also calm their mind and body reduces chances of hypertension and diabetes.
Scientists warn of more known and unknown diseases due to increasing in air and water pollution. They have even called upon people to use bicycles to reduce air pollution. And they exhort people to keep their vehicles at home and depend more on public vehicular services like buses. Who cares?
But there is another side to the story. It is a necessity that more people have to die because more people take birth. The Mother Earth has to balance itself to avoid its own destruction.
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