From a drop of water to plenty!

It has been common to see during the summer this year birds flocking to water sources.We have had our bird bath, exhausted of water by mid day during the summer. 

Now that the monsoon rain has arrived we have the opposite of this.-water everywhere! 

However this contrast has something to tell us about life itself.

We live in our environment-its wellness is bestowed upon us. Humans seem to go after making all the plans for their prosperity that the  the environment gets used for this purpose.

Not much of development is nature centric. The first time I became aware of the value of check dam was in 1969, when I visited Christian Fellowship Hospital, Oddanchatram in Tamil Nadu. Late Dr. A K Tharien showed me an effort of the hospital to replenish ground water by storing the rain water in a masonry dam. The wells in the hospital campus which used to be dry in summer had just enough water during summer following this effort. 

It is mandatory in Tamil Nadu that all newly built houses have water conservation and rain water harvesting. 

A recent commendable initiative by a leading newspaper in the state of Kerala was to spread the message of ‘cover for the earth’ by encouraging people to plant one tree on the World environment day, on 5th of June. 

When we live on what the earth gives us, it is our obligation to give back to the earth, which is our reserve of resources.  

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)