World Environment Day: Discovering Himachal Pradesh through our lens | By Sumit Kaushik & Nitish Sharma
The beautiful Himachal Pradesh on World Environment Day through our lens
Sumit Kaushik (left) and Nitish Sharma (right)
While Sumit is in a job, Nitish runs his own business. Both are based in New Delhi and frequently travel to Himachal Pradesh. They plan low-budget trips and are always on the lookout for undiscovered, remote locations.
They love discovering extremely raw and risky spots.
They are delighted to share a selection of photographs from one of their trips to Himachal Pradesh; enjoy seeing Himachal through their eyes!
“The Himalaya is an extremely complicated and expanded mountain system, and is considered a life support system for millions of people in the highlands and much more in the lowland areas of India. Being change-sensitive and susceptible to climate change, distinct conservation practices are needed to preserve its ecological equilibrium. The fragile ecosystem needs to be managed in a cohesive manner for the preservation of biodiversity, attaining SDGs, and for the livelihood security of the people. World Environment Day is more than just a ceremonial occasion; it is an awakening call for individuals to take continuous charge of protecting the environment. However, issues of pollution, migration, climate change, land degradation, improper urbanization, and dipping agricultural yield call for a pressing need to formulate a policy for sustainable development for the Himalayas.
Sustainability is the need of the hour. It is all about doing more good and taking appropriate measures at the right time.” - Sumit Kaushik
“Sumit and I believe in a philosophy that says "heaven is a fairytale but mountains are real". We don’t bother about how long it takes us as long as we are in the mountains; what bothers us is the silly belief that "someone else will take care of the earth." What are we waiting for? Are we waiting for the last fish to die? Are we waiting for the last river to be diseased? Are we waiting for the last tree to get axed? Are we waiting for the last waterfall to disappear? Are we waiting for a widespread fire in the mountains? When will humans realise they cannot eat money? We need to understand that what we do to the environment, ultimately we do to ourselves. As they say, you reap what you sow, so let’s be overly protective towards our motherland, earth.” – Nitish Sharma
