Environmentalist, Citizen. Edn- St Stephen's College,TISS. Email: vimlendu@gmail.com Never Neutral, Always Truthful. Bihari by temperament. Everything personal.
Jan 11, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
JOSHIMATH FOLLOWUP THREAD:
Let’s not be mistaken - Joshimath has been brought down by ENGINEERS! ‘Brought down’ because there is no scope of repair, no reverse gear, ENGINEERS because they have a schewed understanding of geology & geography, in their education or practice.
Himalaya is one of the youngest mountain ranges, in high seismic zone and to top it all is a proscenium of extreme climate events. And yet, they draw a plan on autoCAD, same perhaps as they made for Sarojini Nagar redevelopment, or copied from Hongkong, and got it ‘passed’.
Jan 10, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
JOSHIMATH SINKING THREAD:
All the coverage on Joshimath will show you visuals of haphazard construction n tilted homes with cracks, n also build a narrative that it is the main reason for the disaster. That’s half the truth and a coverup exercise, to protect the main CULPRIT. ++
No doubt there is unplanned and haphazard construction in the region, and it does impose a ‘heavy’ load on the area, beyond the carrying capacity of the terrain. Ideally, any development and urbanization strategy should consider acceptable levels of risk. #joshimath ++
Oct 25, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
AIR POLLUTION THREAD:
Delhi is THE MOST POLLUTED capital in the world. It had only one ‘good air’ day in 2021, on Oct 18. 1st ‘good air’ day in 2022 was on Sept 16. Truth is Delhi’s air is BAD ATLEAST 360 days a year, and good air days are due to rain gods and not govt action.
Delhi and it’s govt conveniently ignores the perennial causes of pollution and hides behind one Commisioner study or the other, to hide their lack of political will and urgency. There are 13 ‘pollution hotspots’ identified by the govt, year round toxic localities.
Jun 7, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
To sum up the current water crisis as mere severe 'drought' and blame it on rainfall, is misplaced. Drought is an event, water crisis is a phenomenon, and our policies hv brought us to this pass. Below is few clarifications: @rahulkanwal@sardesairajdeep
Q:Why is our ground water contaminated?
A: Not because citizens pumped thermometer mercury through their taps. Because companies like Sterlite were allowed to dump toxic waste in the water bodies, and over extract water. Citizens protest, they are shot dead.
