It is an environmentally charged era. All along, there is a talk of planting trees, planting saplings, and increasing the green cover all across the planet. And one sees a vociferous activity when it comes to this. In fact, there is a rush to plant trees and greens giving the feel, in one’s heart, that we’ve done our bit to contribute to the noble cause- to add to the number count and spread of vegetation. Everywhere, whether it’s in the compounds of the school assembly or the vicinity of a college ground, or even the road-choking, traffic-blocking slogan-shouting by any political party, it’s just all around! So, in essentiality, the green revolution is all about the issue of planting trees and greens. But there is a section of us which is waking up to the fact that optimizing of energy issue is just a half-baked idea, a distant goal to achieve without tackling the issue of waste management.. so is, the case of not keeping in mind the treatment of the waste vegetation- the removal of trees and other plants that are either decayed or are unwanted for various reasons. In this whole charged up environment of planting trees and the rush aspiration of increasing the green width, the point of waste removal for sure is a mere whisper! But even so, one really cannot afford to be complacent about it, how so much ever dainty it seems in the whole set-up. This would prove to be a gross mistake.
Tree Removal-Its Basis and Significance
As everyone is talking about planting trees to repair and maintain the environment now, few of us have aggressively started doing propaganda for this part of the story- to get rid of the waste and dead vegetation to fully realize our goal of an environmentally protected area in the true sense of the word. Now, people are giving a more than mere thought to this part of their plan to maintain their green environment.
A live example of this is visiting the regions where wind and snow storms are very common happenings, especially in the winter season. During this time, the gardens would invariably see a mass uprooting, a massive destruction in the form of scattered branches and withered foliage. In fact, such is the impact of these wind and snow storms that one can see a whole green cover, once resplendent with live swinging trees, a backyard to uprooted, lifeless pile of wood. The aftermath is not a mere gross sight of these lifeless creatures, but an eventual spread of an unbearable stench. And, as the snow storms subside, the dampness causes further ill-effects: by becoming home to many a harmful organisms like algae, fungi etc. An area once coveted to be a rider’s delight, a walker’s way of health, is now as good as a “no entry” zone. Things don’t stop here. This many a times leads to people pushed to move out of this zone. This is because, once the area is affected by harmful pests, there is an invariable fear of a breakout of some contagious sickness. This is what missing out on an important aspect of conservation can do: to duck the duty to remove the decayed, rot pile of the wood.
The difference being that although you wake up to your callousness of not having done the needful on time, very few are ready to take the appropriate steps. This results in being lethargic about the tending of your garden, even many a times, letting go of having a garden by itself. It seems too much of a pain now and far too much of an unkempt and unsightly feel to it.
