Indian Court grants Himalayan glaciers status of 'living entities'

[AndrewJin]

If the Ganges is sacred, how about the rubbish and corpses on it? Also sanctified?

 

[Kedardel]

So according to your logic planet earth is human too .
.
.
ch***ya sala mountains ko human status day raha or mujhey choti soch bol raha . ja bhai toilet ko bhi human bol do .

At least care to read the post first before giving your strong views ???
The post says ......Legal Person......
Do u have any idea what a Legal Person is, if not please learn about it and then we will discuss, till that time please refrain from judging strongly.

I wonder if this legal status will be used by jholachaaps to stop development work in and around them. I am sceptical about this move, i dont need a courts judgement to tell me how to treat ganga.

Actually now every development plan will be viewed in light of impact on the River. That's it.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1324199/indian-court-grants-himalayan-glaciers-status-of-living-entities


Indian Court grants Himalayan glaciers status of 'living entities'
AFPPUBLISHED 42 MINUTES AGO
0 COMMENTS
PRINT

An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country's two most sacred rivers.

In a decision that aims to widen environmental protections in the mountainous region, the court granted the legal standing to glaciers Gangotri and Yamunotri that feed India's venerated Ganga and Yamuna rivers, which won the status in a landmark judgement in March.

“The rights of these entities shall be equivalent to the rights of human beings and any injury or harm caused to these bodies shall be treated as injury or harm caused to human beings,” the highest court in Himalayan state of Uttarakhand said in its ruling on Friday.

It said Yamunotri glacier, which is the source for Yamuna river was shrinking at an alarming rate. Gangotri, which feeds the river Ganga and is one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas, is also “receding fast”, the court said.

“In over 25 years, it has retreated more than 850 meters (2,800 feet),” a two-judge bench of justices Rajeev Sharma and Alok Singh said.

The court also extended the status of “living entity” to swathes of the Himalayan environment, including waterfalls, meadows, lakes and forests.

On March 20, the same court ordered that both Ganges and Yamuna rivers should be given “living entity” status to conserve them, in a decision cautiously welcomed by activists who expressed hope that it would signify more than just a symbolic gesture.

Both rivers are considered holy by millions of Hindus, who ritualistically bathe, drink and scatter the ashes of their dead in the water.

The rivers which criss-cross most of the country before flowing into the sea have witnessed massive pollution near human habitations mainly due to dumping of untreated sewage and industrial waste.

The court argued the unusual step was necessary because the hallowed rivers upon which Hindu rites are conducted were “losing their very existence”.

New Zealand earlier last month recognised its third-largest river, ancestral and spiritual waters for its Maori people, as a living entity.

Successive governments in India have attempted with limited success to clean up the Ganges, which snakes 2,500 kilometres

You threw us into theocracy without even understanding what is a """legal person""".
BTW didn't most Pakistani Posters like Theocracy after all many of them call for caliphate etc., no ??
It is a very good step to declare them Legal Persons. People are not suppose to destroy water bodies and natural things.

 

[ThinkLogically]

What the heck is your prob.... you bring religion even here?
@waz @The Eagle this guy accepted, he is in thi forum for religious reasons. please look after him


@WebMaster





It is a step to a save these rivers and glaciers... Strict policies needed to save forest, rivers.

This post is a good lesson for all of us. I have seen your coreligionist behave the same way in real life too. You just can't handle a simple reference to Dharmic and Abrahamic terms.

I have no problem with the Pakistani posters. They are as they should be.

It is the posters like you who behave different when you think that Hindus have less power. As I mentioned real life is no different. This is why we want to have a upper hand in our nation.

 

[AKD]

Good..now its time to follow this step other rivers such as Narmada, Kaveri and other rivers too

 

[RISING SUN]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1324199/indian-court-grants-himalayan-glaciers-status-of-living-entities


Indian Court grants Himalayan glaciers status of 'living entities'
AFPPUBLISHED 42 MINUTES AGO
0 COMMENTS
PRINT

An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country's two most sacred rivers.

In a decision that aims to widen environmental protections in the mountainous region, the court granted the legal standing to glaciers Gangotri and Yamunotri that feed India's venerated Ganga and Yamuna rivers, which won the status in a landmark judgement in March.

“The rights of these entities shall be equivalent to the rights of human beings and any injury or harm caused to these bodies shall be treated as injury or harm caused to human beings,” the highest court in Himalayan state of Uttarakhand said in its ruling on Friday.

It said Yamunotri glacier, which is the source for Yamuna river was shrinking at an alarming rate. Gangotri, which feeds the river Ganga and is one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas, is also “receding fast”, the court said.

“In over 25 years, it has retreated more than 850 meters (2,800 feet),” a two-judge bench of justices Rajeev Sharma and Alok Singh said.

The court also extended the status of “living entity” to swathes of the Himalayan environment, including waterfalls, meadows, lakes and forests.

On March 20, the same court ordered that both Ganges and Yamuna rivers should be given “living entity” status to conserve them, in a decision cautiously welcomed by activists who expressed hope that it would signify more than just a symbolic gesture.

Both rivers are considered holy by millions of Hindus, who ritualistically bathe, drink and scatter the ashes of their dead in the water.

The rivers which criss-cross most of the country before flowing into the sea have witnessed massive pollution near human habitations mainly due to dumping of untreated sewage and industrial waste.

The court argued the unusual step was necessary because the hallowed rivers upon which Hindu rites are conducted were “losing their very existence”.

New Zealand earlier last month recognised its third-largest river, ancestral and spiritual waters for its Maori people, as a living entity.

Successive governments in India have attempted with limited success to clean up the Ganges, which snakes 2,500 kilometres

When human beings become the destroyer of nature, law needs to take action proactively to prevent the fallout. That's pretty simple, otherwise 20 years down the line we will not have the potable water nor the natural scenic places.

 

[SrNair]

@waz @The Eagle. .Kindly change this doctored titles .

On topic :Good initiative

 

[G0dfather]

They serve the society more than u can think.
Give u some clue..fishing, navigation, watet for agriculture, industry...etc
Actually, society, country owe them.

Don't worry, we won't make fun of poor & shallow mind.
Hum chote baccho and choti soch ka mazak nahi udaate....(yo to tum apna accha mazak uda lete ho- hume to chance hi nahi milta)

Buddy don't waste your time on ch**iyas, they won't understand.

 

[AKD]

If the Ganges is sacred, how about the rubbish and corpses on it? Also sanctified?

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is working on It
http://nmcg.nic.in/