So recently I got back from India, yet another country that was on my bucket list. For some reason I've always wanted to explore India for its vast plains and humongous mountains, and I finally got to. Before I went there, I never realized how many environmental problems they have to face. Having two very large rivers located in India, many floods happen.
Whenever I go to a new country, I like to experience it two ways: the urban way and the rural way. So that's exactly what I did. When I first got there I spent about a week exploring the major cities in India and even getting to see the Taj Mahal. Once I was done with that I got to go to the rural side of things, which personally is my favorite thing to do because I view it as seeing a little bit of the past. The local people have been living like this for centuries and even though some things have definitely changed, there are some things that haven't.
I got to choose where I was going to base and I chose Lahore. I wanted to see what it was like living right on the river and how the people there went about their daily life. I had never known about the real struggles until I went. Because of monsoons and dams built on rivers, flooding happens way too often. This leaves crops flooded and no water for the people to drink. I hope to find a way that the Indian people will not have to deal with this problem for much longer.

No comments:
Post a Comment