Our latest concern...

It had rained continuously for 48 hours since Thursdays night to Saturday morning.. We went to college on Friday, i.e., yesterday after taking a break because of heavy rains.. [this is the reason we cited whenever we were asked why so many of us didn't come on Thursday.. You, though, know the truth.. We don't like going to college everyday..]


I have already written about the day and the 'torture lab' and now I am voicing Bhavu's and my concern.. We were standing on the bridge [I told you it'll feature in many of my posts], and looking at the beautiful sky, the trees, the birds and the green lawns, in short enjoying the beauty of nature, when we saw the lawn immediately below the bridge..

Paro asked us, 'why has water stagnated in this lawn, while the other lawn is free of water logging'? You might have heard the, 'why is grass greener on the other side', but our concern was 'why is it not immersed in water'?? [:D]

As we laughed about it and gave our very innovative and interesting theories [we love to use scientific explanations and logic to explain things] and then seriously discussing the landscape and the level of the land, we arrived at a satisfactory answer [we aren't always joking]... As Paro and Deepti left leaving us alone on the bridge, I and Bhavu took a closer look at the stagnated water and started discussing the ill effects of water logging..

[the original picture of the immersed grassy lawn]

Way back in class 10, we studied the ill effects of stagnation of water.. It leaches the soil, makes it more alkaline and all, making it unfit for plantation and discussed the entire chapter on soil erosion.. But then we shifted our focus from the geographic effects to the effects on our health.. We all know that stagnated water is the breeding ground for mosquitoes and many other disease vectors.. Diseases also spread in damp conditions, thus with this stagnated water, we are in for more than just the soil erosion..

[A closer look at the lawn]

Last year too, we witnessed water logging and its consequences.. There was a spurt in the insect population and it was a season of insect bites and so much problem.. The college authorities should do something about this.. I think we should give a written complain and see to it that the matter is addressed to..