26th of September is “world Rivers Day”
In connection to this let us re-visit the rivers portfolio as rivers are one of the Elixirs of the very existence of living things.
A Dossier on World Rivers —
There are around 50000 rivers in the world. The maximum numbers are in Russia – 5000 of them. India has around 400.
World Rivers Day was initiated by River Advocate Mark Angelo in 2005.
Rivers are arteries of Planet Earth. Also Rivers are our planet’s blue wealth and it is a rare commodity in our solar system at least.
Rivers flow through the social, economic and environmental pillers of life systems in our planet.
Two superpowers control our very existence viz Sun power and water power.
When the equilibrium of them gets disturbed we get into the bad books of Mother Nature. And that is what is happening always these days. Rivers are responsible for the sustinence of the water cycle and needless to say it is the lifeline of our very existence.
Kerala lies within 10 degrees of the Equator and and therefore 40% of the biodiversity Hotspots and40 to 50% green forests are located in such superhot tropics with heavy rain fall and drainage in to the oceans and sea boards.
Therefore if we do not protect our rivers we fall in to a water crisis and thus generating a domino effect on various interlocked ecosystems of earth and nature.
As elders we can do our bit to support by permeating awareness on the same among others around us and let us do so in earnest.