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The recent floods in Himachal Pradesh and other parts of North India are enough proof that humans should never mess with nature.
Natural disasters are gentle reminders by Mother Nature that if we litter the ocean and rivers with waste, it will come back, if we wipe out forests, there will be floods and if we cause pollution, there will be global warming.
A glaring example is the sight of a bridge, completely covered with tons of plastic waste, assumed to be from the flood-hit Himachal Pradesh. The summer capital of India is currently reeling under another spell of terrible flood and a river is ‘returning’ all the plastic that was thrown into it.
The horrifying video was first shared by IFS Parveen Kaswan and has been going viral since then. His caption reads, “Nature – 1, Humans – 0. River has thrown all the trash back at us.”
Nature - 1, Humans - 0.
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) July 11, 2023
River has thrown all the trash back at us. Received as forward. pic.twitter.com/wHgIhuPTCL
The video shows a bridge completely flooded with plastic bottles and other non-biodegradable wastes. The viral video has left netizens terrified who claimed that it was a ‘return gift’ from nature.
“River returning back the favour and all the plastic we gifted it. Plastic is forever,” commented a user while another user wrote, “Nature returning every last piece of crap we gave her.”
A third user wrote, “This is a message we see at every flood. Yet, no one changes. No improvement in the way we manage trash. Governments are not doing their job.”
A similar scene was seen last year in Palakkad during Kerala floods last year. For years, we have all been aware of the ill-effects of plastic use, the effects of plastic on rivers, oceans and marine life. But, despite years of harping against plastic use, things haven’t changed much.
Meanwhile, Northern India including the national capital New Delhi and Himachal Pradesh was battered by heavy rains, causing flooding and landslides that have left several people dead.
The scale of damages has been captured in visuals of bridges and houses being swept away and vehicles being swallowed by the gushing waters. Moreover, the Yamuna River in Delhi has breached the danger mark as the water level continues to rise.
