Nurture the Nature

How did our world turn upside down? How did this pandemic come about?

On the surface, it seems a virus attacked humanity which originated from bats in Wuhan’s wet markets, China. The conspiracy theory states that the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The entire world is blaming China, but who is responsible for this state of affairs? We need to ponder on this. The truth is humanity has upset nature. Simple statistics will tell the story:

The following statistics which will speak for itself

Year	1920	2020
World population	2.2. bn	7.8 bn
Wild tigers	100,000	3900
Forests	350 mnhectacres	140 mnhectacres (down by 60%)

We have been damning Nature!!!!

We produce millions of pounds of trash per day and dump it in landfills, 2mn tones of sewage, industrial and agriculture wastes each day is thrown into the rivers. Fresh water crisis is looming large. Our growing population is destroying wild life habitat, 30,000 species get extinct each year. Over fishing is leading to imbalance in ocean life. Pollution leading to acid rain is weakening the plant kingdom and making water bodies including oceans acidic. Our protective shield the Ozone layer is damaged exposing us to harmful UVB radiation. Air we breathe is polluted, unfit for human living conditions as per WHO. The Arctic glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising. Global warming and climate changes are serious threats to our existence.

Corona is the result of all these violations against nature. Now, while we are all huddled and shut indoors, the Earth has pressed the refresh button.

Please know that during this "quarantine" rivers are cleaning up, vegetation is growing, the air is becoming cleaner because of less pollution, birds and animals are reclaiming their territory,  there is less theft and murder, healing is happening, and most importantly, people are turning to Almighty. 

 The Earth is at rest for the first time in many years and hearts are truly transforming.

The question now is when we finally come out of this crisis will we learn to be more nurturing to the nature which is very vital for our own survival?

- Dr.Lalita Anand