Due to this pandemic, daily life of the world was put to halt. Looks like earth has taken advantage of this situation. Due to the lockdown imposed all over the world, all types of social, economical industrial activities were shut down. As a result of this, the air quality, water purity has improved. Less noise pollution, undisturbed and calm wildlife!
It is said that 7 million people in the world die because of air pollution every year and 12.5% of all deaths in India are due to air pollution. The Major impact of this lockdown was on the air quality. Not only the air quality, but also water quality is also improving. If the water quality is improving, it directly benefits the aquatic life. Clean water bodies help in maintaining the biodiversity.
Reports also say that there is 50% reduction in sewage, noise pollution has decreased upto 35%, pH of rivers has increased by 7.9%. As the wildlife remains undisturbed, animals are in their natural habitats and we can see no wild animals in the urban area.
By this we can say that earth is healing itself. To earth, corona is acting as a vaccine and us humans are definitely the virus. This pandemic gives us hope that a better and healthy earth is possible. Protecting our earth is in our hands. And we have to do is learn to live with the minimum. Use vehicles only if it necessary, not to travel unnecessarily, use eco-friendly products, growing more plants and trees, avoiding deforestation, treatment of sewage, following social distancing and restricted human interaction with other people as well as with the nature can be a blessing for the environment. So, on this mother's day, let us protect our mother earth by just continuing what we are doing now!
-Vidhisha Gauthami G P
