I wish all High Courts take a suo motu decision with regard to the health and state of rivers (“Ganga, Yamuna termed ‘living persons’,” March 21). Our failure to protect our rivers, the source of life for most of us, is why we face numerous environmental issues.
B.S. Jayaraman,
Coimbatore
To treat a river like a person is not a strange idea in Indian culture. But the reverence ends there and does not get translated into practice. Rivers across the country are being polluted thanks to the mindless management of waste from industries and unchecked sand mining. A few changes to legal definitions cannot bring about a sea change in our attitude towards precious natural resources.
Dr. D.V.G. Sankararao,
Nellimarla, Andhra Pradesh
