Protests against river pollution took place this past Sunday in Syangja, one of the 5 districts of Nepal. Protesters claimed that the government should take action towards the conservation of Nepal's rivers and natural sources. “Aandhikhola is being polluted by wastes dumped by municipalities, hospitals and people. Similar is the fate of many rivers in Nepal. So this program was organized to raise environmental issues,” said President of Peace for Nepal Dr Sushil Koirala.
In my opinion, the preservation of the environment must be on every government's agenda, and is of higher importance in countries such as Nepal, where most cities are poor and rely heavily on these rivers and natural resources, and in many cases have no purifying systems to prevent them from unhealthy safety conditions.
I agree with you, África, and I think that the environment should be among the priorities of the governments agenda. In countries like Nepal, which are small and with not a very important government at an international level, people take advantage of that. The priorities should be peoples lives and their conditions and in some cases that involves taking care of the environment
ReplyDeleteI find that many times the governments of least developed countries don't realize the importance of protecting the environment through a body of law concerning these type of issues. This often has serious consequences for the people of this countries, especially for those living in rural areas, as they depend directly on nature. From my point of view the Syangjalis have taken an important step when deciding to denounce this situation- now let's just hope that their complaints are not in vain and that the Nepali government does something about it.
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