The Polluted City Of Temples!

Monday, October 12, 2009, 13:46

On the occasion of the World Photography Day, the photography enthusiast in the holy city of Varanasi held a photo exhibition to spread awareness on the rising global warming and pollution that is threatening the existence of both man and animal.

While polluted Varanasi with millions of devotees visiting the place for taking a dip in the sacred Ganga, fights hard to tackle the ever increasing pollution and the river is on the brink of becoming dead, as the human corpse, sewage waste and other pollutants are increasingly affecting the marine life.

According to reports, around 12 billion rupees have gone towards Ganga cleaning project. While "Our wildlife is being adversely affected by the environment, global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, water pollution and air pollution. Both human beings and the wild life are gravely affected," said U S Agarwal, the organiser of the photo exhibition, therefore, there is a need for organising such awareness projects.

The rising temperature could wipe out more than half of the earth's species in the next few centuries, the UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change says that, the average global temperatures are likely to rise by between 1.8 and 4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, partly as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

The upper end of the forecast rise would heat the earth close to the temperatures of 250 million years ago, when 95 percent of all animal and plant species became extinct.

An active participation by the local public is the only measure as the city river to save the marine life in the dirty waters of the sacred river, which is fast on the brink of extinction.