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to all participants for submitting their photos and sharing their climate change stories!
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Mehrosh Tak, 18 years
Delhi, IndiaMehroosh is currently pursuing her under-graduate studies at Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, Delhi. She is studying economics and mathematics. She interested in the environment - the physical state that it is in and what we can do as individuals to protect it.
Meerosh is greatful that living in the capital city has given her the advantage of growing up in an environment where she has possibilities to develop.
The pictures are from various parts of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The pictures show the untapped natural resources, irrational use of these resources and effect of deforestation. There are large areas which have been deforested in the state and the land is slowly turning into a wasteland. The decrease in forest areas has caused the temperatures to rise over the years. What is even more disturbing is that these forests are not regenerated. They are lost.
The region is mountainous and the edges of the roads that were carved into the slopes of the mountains are unstable. As a result, these areas are landslide prone.
With development slowly creeping into the state, the number of vehicles has increased in the past years, creating more pollution. One of the photographs shows the use of a tree trunk as a water channel to run a small flour mill on hydraulic energy. This is a small, but great way of using our natural resources, rather than using electricity generated through coal or petroleum, which would create pollution and yet again make the temperature rise.
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