Urging your signature for a Letter to PMO. (Deforestation)
🔥 Is it worth building on land where nature still lives?
India is in the middle of its worst heat years on record. We are a country of 100 cities featuring in global hottest-temperature lists. And this summer is not an accident — it is the cumulative cost of decades of clearing forests for roads, dams, townships, and industrial corridors.
Here's what we know:
— India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover between 2001 and 2023
— Cities with mature tree cover had 40% fewer heat-related hospital admissions in 2025
— Ecosystem services from India's forests are valued at over ₹237 trillion annually
We are in the process of writing to the PMO requesting a mandatory Natural Habitat Security Clearance before any project gets approved near forest land. The letter also calls out something we don't say enough: planting a million saplings does not undo a standing forest. Spiritually, scientifically, and practically — the original is irreplaceable.
Before we send it, we want this circle's voice:
💬 Do you support making habitat protection a precondition — not an afterthought — for development approvals?
💬 Has deforestation visibly affected your city or town's climate in recent years?
Every comment, every share, every name adds weight to what reaches Raisina Hill.
#DeforestationIndia #ClimateAction #CitizenLetter #IndianHeatwave #IndianPollusage #LetterstoPMO more
India is in the middle of its worst heat years on record. We are a country of 100 cities featuring in global hottest-temperature lists. And this summer is not an accident — it is the cumulative cost of decades of clearing forests for roads, dams, townships, and industrial corridors.
Here's what we know:
— India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover between 2001 and 2023
— Cities with mature tree cover had 40% fewer heat-related hospital admissions in 2025
— Ecosystem services from India's forests are valued at over ₹237 trillion annually
We are in the process of writing to the PMO requesting a mandatory Natural Habitat Security Clearance before any project gets approved near forest land. The letter also calls out something we don't say enough: planting a million saplings does not undo a standing forest. Spiritually, scientifically, and practically — the original is irreplaceable.
Before we send it, we want this circle's voice:
💬 Do you support making habitat protection a precondition — not an afterthought — for development approvals?
💬 Has deforestation visibly affected your city or town's climate in recent years?
Every comment, every share, every name adds weight to what reaches Raisina Hill.
#DeforestationIndia #ClimateAction #CitizenLetter #IndianHeatwave #IndianPollusage #LetterstoPMO more
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How development will take place? Foremost planning that needs to be done is how rural population is not required to migrate to urban areas by providing them with employment, self-employment opportunities and developing infrastructure for agriculture produces and equipping farmers with crops yielding more money. Agriculture sector has been totally ignored by all the Governments so far. This sector needs to be made profitable - giving subsidies doesn't help. Guide the farmers for more yields. This will reduce migration as rural population migrates to urban areas for better earnings as they see white collar employees prosper as against them. more
May 06
First of all, ever increasing population of our country need place to live. Houses, buildings, roads, markets, malls are required and being built for this population. But the space is limited. As a result, Forests, Rivers, seas, oceans are encroached upon. So, first write letter for population control bill. more
May 05
