Politicians are
more responsible for protection of the environment than individuals. To what
extent do you agree or disagree?
The agenda of pollution and finding ways to keep the
environment clean attracts numerous controversies, the most significant being; who
can play a pivotal role in this, an individual or a politician?
Politicians can influence environment protection policies
positively, as they are people of great substance and power, and can prevail upon the government,
regardless of their political background, to bring around changes in the policies, and
establish initiatives that can affect the society and environment substantially.
Environment, a more critical subject today, needs urgent and quick intervention
at the macro level, or rather at a political level since a task of greater
multitude, that has a bearing on the society, cannot be handled at the local
level.
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Furthermore, clean surroundings, being an issue of national
stature and broader perspective, need planning and implementation at much
broader scale. Political activities, by virtue of the recognition they enjoy
and the resources they have at their disposal, can muster and mobilize enough
support all across the country; form opinion among the masses; and effectively
carry those clear messages to the government.
However, even though an individual may be a micro unit of a
society, society has always taken cue from the initiatives established by men,
of not big political stature but pious objectives. The subtle movements started
by the individuals have led to revolutions, like a a small insignificant save
tree movement called, Chipko movement, that was initiated by a school teacher in
a humble village in state of Uttarakhand, India resulted in bringing the environmental
concerns of locals in Garhwal in the limelight , and force the authorities to
form stern environment policy
To sum up, to ensure a clean and pollution free environment,
both the individuals and political activists must play their respective roles.