Text—The crimes in the cities are worrisome. The bigger the city the bigger is the crime rate. The metro cities of our country have become crime capitals. The killings, kidnappings, blackmail, corruption, rapes, drug abuse, thefts etc. abound. The list is endless. No citizen feels safe.
The reasons are the public apathy, the people voting against honest people in favour of mafia dons, the nexus between the politicians and organized crime bosses, the corrupt police, the metro cities becoming centres of opportunities, poor countryside people moving into cities in search of jobs and finding the crime an easy way out, population pressure, social injustice and economic disparity. So, their is no easy solution to the problem. Planning on all aspects is needed.
(About—120 words)
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Fast and thoughtless industrialisation has caused the environmental pollution creating unforeseen problems. Our cities and towns have become full of smoke, smog, toxic fumes, dust, rubbish, plastic waste, noise and corrosive gases. The air carries foul smell and it is not fit for human intake. The factories, mills and vehicles burn fuels and release sulphur oxides in atmosphere besides heat. Heavy traffic creates horrible noises, nauseating gases and bad snarls. The urban air is loaded with so many pollutants like carbon monoxide, sulphur oxides, nitrogen, pesticides, hydrocarbons, soot, flyashes and even radioactive substances not ruled out. These pollution agents poison our food, water, air and even minds causing diseases among humans, animals and the vegetation.
The earth’s protective ozone layer is getting destroyed. Widening hole has opened up in the layer that lets in dangerous ultraviolet rays. Aerosols are the main culprits for this development.
The reckless behaviour of humans is responsible for all this damage. The blood is no more thicker than water which is now as thick as soup because of industrial waste going into nullahs, canals, streams, rivers and lakes.
It is the need of the hour that something urgent, solid and very extensive is done to restore the natural balance. It will require consorted efforts of all governments, NGOs, people and international bodies of the world. All the schools of the world need to make the importance of the protecting the eco-systems as primary lessons of education.
Only such whole-hearted attempts can save the earth and living beings from total destruction through ecological degradation, deadly pollution, green house effects, deafening noise and ultra-violet exposure.
(About—300 words)
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