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110 / Lord Mahavira
Blind Race for Progress
Blind race for achieving progress must bear the responsibility for environmental degradation. A economic growth which accompanies growth of moral values, alone can be called a balanced growth. Competition for economic superiority among nations has relegated moral values and environmental protection to the background. Present attitude towards economic progress is not a balanced one. Unless the problem of immorality is solved, the issue of environment degradation also cannot be resolved. It is inconceivable that nature can put up with man indefinitely in the present state of imbalance. Over exploitation of resources is the primary reason for increasing ecological imbalances. Rapid industrialization and the resultant urbanisation are mainly responsible for the danger of ecological crises. Increasing water pollution, air and land pollution is resulting in increasing the temperature all over the world. In the blind thirst for comforts and luxurious life, man has ignored the environment that sustains him. Wasteful consumption and careless use of resources, is causing extra-pressure on natural resources.
