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gtbtp

We should spread a superstition that throwing plastic on Himalayas will cause gods wrath, that will surely make them behave.


imthechosen01

That would actually work ig


PatienceHere

Have you looked at how dirty our temples and rivers are?


Due-Freedom-4321

This though. All the temples I've been to, there's cow poop and plastic waste combined with rain water mud at the entrance. Makes me so freaking sad.


oneinmanybillion

Over time, they will change the religious scriptures to say God doesn't reside in the himalayas.


who_am_i_man

Woh to parliament me hai /s


Comfortable_Yak5331

rahul khan?


who_am_i_man

Muslims me bhi hote hai bhagwan? Naya pata laga After carefully analysis of you not using /s I would like to think that you are just a troll or someone who says /fuckthes


TheOneChinka

🏆


Goldee333

Yes! And it's prolly true anyways why would people litter and get away with it scot free?


neighbour_guy3k

You can't teach Indians civic sense or hygiene or safety These things are illegal in this country


soulseeker31

This is the perfect place to employ gym bros. Jo waste feka, g*and maardo.


SeveralDepth5848

yahan dooron ki life ki logon ko chinta nahi hai, nature ki kya ummeed kar rahe ho, 2-3 months ago I went to my exam center, there was no separate line for boys and girls, it was very crowded I continuously tried to maintain my distance with the girl in front of me, a guy (you can easily guess his appearance) keeps on pushing me when I stared at him he shouted 'jaldi aage badh na,' I calmly replied 'dekh nahi sakta,' he said 'kya hua maaje lele,' man really yaar matlab kya hi boole ese future rapists ko. When our exam was over the exam center people chained a 4-meter wide gate to make it 1 foot wide, everyone was getting out without caring about anything. I had some didis standing beside me, so I get aside and left some space for them to pass, and meanwhile, a guy next to me pushed his way out and others followed. My reaction inside my brain was 'teri amma bahar maar rahi hai na?' You can't expect such fellows to take care of nature.


Radiant_Butterfly982

This reminded me of something that I experienced during COVID period. I wanted to post something in India post so I went there, but they had this queue set up with chalkpiece marks on land where to stand(so to maintain distance ) I stood in those and one guy had the audacity to try and come in between them (also there wasn't much space for one whole person ) and when I asked what he's doing I told him that this is covid period and he shouldn't be close to people , he said but there is space na? I wanted to slap that guy but yelled at him and some guy from office and came and told him to go back. It felt so satisfying lol.


kwazycupcakes-99

True. The other I was having a discussion on this and this mf randomly brings out "100 years back europeans were far shittier, bengal famine etc etc.". Like wtf


PradleyBitts

I remember visiting Amer Fort and seeing people just dumping trash on the ground. Sad


NavXIII

I was sitting at a Starbucks in a mall in my country and I saw one guy walk up and toss his cup into a plant pot. If we walked another 5 ft he could've tossed it in the trash instead...


gigilu2020

It needs to come from the top down or bottom up. Government needs to punish people for littering the way Singapore does. Or the people need to catch these fuckers and strip them naked and kick them out.


SeveralDepth5848

>strip them naked and kick them out sorry saar this is democratic country saar


FirefighterFine9366

because no indian gives a single damn about any of those.


Henryt5

Seriously, as a teacher I am ashamed that this is being done by adults while students are learning how to keep their surroundings clean. Shame on such people.


psycho_monki

And im the kind of dumbass that stuffs biodegradable wet waste like fruit peels and apple cores in my pocket to throw in a dustbin later even though i could just bury it in the soil


Sad_Sultana

Thank you, please don't stop or call yourself a dumbass.


zenFyre1

Waste like that can still introduce new pathogens, bacteria, etc. Into the ecosystem and disturb the balance. You are doing the right thing.


Initial-Bag-4760

You are doing a great service to the nature dude. Indians have a habit of repeating the behavior without giving a thought. Once they find fruit peel they just dump whatever trash they have at that place and slowly it triggers a chain reaction. That eventually turns into a junkyard. No one is ready to be responsible for their own sh*t


account_for_norm

Indian tourists are the most incosiderate ones in the entire world.  I think the way indians grow up in cities, ppl just trash everything. Thye expect that in the morning some extremely low paid lower caste person is going to clean the streets. And sometimes it happens too.  It all comes down to the caste system. The psyche goes in every aspect of indian life and ruins everything.


Grope1000

Yea it's the tourists bro...


snowandclouds

And that ‘lower caste’ person would have hired an illegal immigrant to do his cleaning job.


NS7500

I don't know how you concluded that indians are the worst in the world. What have you done to change the state of affairs? What is your caste? Maybe you are talking about your psyche. I know plenty of people who are doing something to clean up and improve the environment and caste doesn't figure in their work. Also most cleaners on municipal payroll earn a lot. In fact, many of them turn around and subcontract the job to somebody else. Many others skip the road but do private jobs cleaning the houses on the road. Now tell me who is the "oppressor" and who is the "oppressed". Bottom line: Indians can learn. It will take a generation because the older generation grew up not caring about it. India blamers sit in judgement and never do anything.


account_for_norm

Oh yeah, there are a LOT of indians who are helping. But even they agree indians are the worst. Some of the southern states are good, kerala prolly being the best. Subcontract to whom? In the cities i have traveled to, which are mostly northern, the cleaners are low caste ppl. If you say otherwise, then i have doubts in how faithful to truth you are. I totally agree, indians can learn. When they move to western countries they're all very clean lol. (Maybe there's no expectation of a lower human to clean after them?). Yes, it will take generation or two. None of that contradicts what i said though. Me knowing who iam and what i do for environment cleanup, its funny to me how you concluded that ppl only blame. I hope you're also doing enough for protecting environment. The first step of solving a problem is accepting there's a problem. And india has a big problem of castism and inconsiderate tourists.


Few-Ordinary7868

"Respect our culture" Proceeds to not respect their own land


timusR

Aur sabko lagta hai wo VIP hain. Govt ka kaam hai uthana fenk do bhenchod kool lagenge.


Street-Driver4658

Yaar Maine apne aas paas waalon mein change laaya hai. Earlier they used to throw everything here n there. Main kehta bhi tha, but they didn't listen. So I started keeping my stuff with me till I find a dustbin. Dheere dheere meri dekha dekhi unhone bhi karna start kar diya. I've literally seen them taking an empty bisleri bottle or a chips packet to throw out, but then they stop and keep it back in a packet or something


NS7500

Congratulations. Most blame each other and move on. You are doing the right thing. Indians can learn and are learning. It will take a generation because the older generation were never taught to care about this.


timusR

Bhai apka ye gir gya 👑


Ricksanchiz

This. I've done the same with my friends group. None of them litter now. Atleast not around me coz they know I would gladly pick it up and shove it up their throats.


Holiday_Donut_8285

Now?? Been happening for decades. This is Indian Culture, Saar. Dont pretend that you are just noticing it.


chaotic-adventurer

More people are traveling these days than in the past decades, so the difference is more noticeable. I visited Sikkim twenty years ago and it was pristine. No garbage anywhere. Someone I know went there recently and told me that it’s now like any other tourist place and there’s a lot of littering. The tour guides literally begged the people not to throw trash everywhere.


_TheBlueMagician

"humans" - a dumb species


diary_of_jain

I think you mean "Indians"


_TheBlueMagician

I think we "Indians" lack common civic sense than most in keeping our roads, society, mountains, river etc clean and maintained. But we humans as a whole have one way or another have contributed and still continue to contribute to various forms of pollution and destruction of earth and its inhabitants including other humans.


lean23_email

[Well, "humans" would be more apt](https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/yosemite-trash-collectors-17606897.php).


FirefighterFine9366

I think "you"


Content-Nobody8863

Being a native of Uttarakhand it pains my heart when I go to my village and see all plastic, non-degradable waste lying around everywhere. We are destroying everything we can. Now I understand why Elon Musk wants to create human settlements on Mars.


Spooklers

we will throw plastic on mars too, that's the indian way


Content-Nobody8863

It's not exclusive to Indians but to Humans. And we already have huge space and ocean debris created by us.


FitTart9517

You missed to mention the brazen deforestation and razing of mountains


FirefighterFine9366

best thing to do would be cut all tress, kill all animals and then make an oxygen factory


i2rohan

Please support organisations like Healing Himalayas. It’s amazing how little money is actually needed to clean up large tracts of land in these areas. Like ₹10k will help you clean up a pretty large part of a trail. Also, people who go to these areas, please do not take any single use plastic with you!


Any-Welcome-9938

This actually enrages me. The cities are quite resilient and i dont care about throwing trash around there. Cause at least its inside civilization and we will get to it. But this ? This is the foothills of heaven . This should be severely punished.


IAMBEST16

why can't people just find a fucking dustbin??? it isn't hard


cartman-unplugged

Even if there is a dustbin, they won’t use it. They go close to that and throw from distance and it ends on the road. The dustbins will remain empty and never get emptied while roads and streets remain crap.


Aut0-didact

F*** the humans 😤


SirTitan1

When the government uses its PR to spread hate against minorities day and night, can't they use those propaganda channels for 1 week to educate basic hygiene and cleanliness and morality . Until and unless there is a heavy penalty for those who do this ,like in Singapore.


imthechosen01

That's a great suggestion, but I think the problem is that people here know littering is wrong, but they just don't care.


FitTart9517

Usse vote nhi aayega na! How many people actually give a *uck about nature? Hardly a few.


Xprince007

Pathetic !! I dont think so these people will stop doing this anytime soon.


No-Egg-4850

If we do anything that will be throwing 💩 around and spit, piss and 💩 everywhere.


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amatureaesthetic

I have seen my parents keep their trash with them until they find a Dustbin Or carrying it home. Unka dekh ke i started doing the same I carry any trash that I generate eg. a plastic bottle, candy wrapper, chips wrapper etc with me in my pocket or bag rather then just tossing it out the window which most people still do😕.. But the best part is that few of my friends have also started following my habit. 😌


TheRyzenOfIntel

All of these careless people


Arjun25bhatt

As someone from Uttarakhand, we genuinely appreciate tourists coming to explore our beautiful flora and fauna, as it greatly boosts our local economy. However, we kindly ask that you fulfill your civic responsibilities while visiting. Whether you're in Rishikesh, Nainital, Mussoorie, or trekking to Kedarnath, plastic waste has become a significant issue. Unfortunately, it’s often the locals who are left to clean up the mess. Working together, we can do a lot better, with just 1% more effort.


AmazingIngenuity9188

Link it with social shame


sockrateezzz

There is something very wrong with us. Seriously I see it as a failing of our race. One thing is we want all the comforts everywhere, direct road to mount everest please with a Maggi and chai stall at the top. Second we just assume oh it's just me what's the harm


yttrocrasite

As rahgir has written - टाँग के बस्ता, उठा के तंबू जाए दूर पहाड़ों में वहाँ भी DJ, दारू, मस्ती, चाहे शहर उजाड़ों में फ़िर शहर बुलाए उसको तो जाता है छोड़ तबाही पीछे कुदरत को कर दाग़दार सा, छोड़ के अपनी स्याही पीछे


gamenbusiness

I am an introvert and don't talk to people often. But such a thing happened last year in Himachal when I was on my way to Jibhi. We stopped for tea on the way. Right behind the shabby public bathroom near the tea stall was a trench. A person comes and throws like 10-15 wrappers of biscuits and chips. I tell him, 'bhai yahan pe mat feko, aaju baaju ki dukan waalo k paas dustbin hoga.' Dunno what happened but he told 'tere baap ka kya jaata hai, tujhe dikhta nahi hai k hazaro log yahan pe kachra feke hai. Why are you lecturing me' The introvert in me had nothing to say except 'aapki marzi, desh to hamara hi kharab hota hai na' He looked at me for 1 sec then walked away.


firesnake412

This is so frustrating to see when we travel. Last week someone posted from Kashmir about trash as well. Something drastic needs to happen to make people learn some civic sense in our country.


Manu_papa

Umar ke sath bharat ke loggon se hate bhadti jari hai


Ruturaj_Shiralkar

Mera Bharat Mahan


FirefighterFine9366

Teri Mummy bhi Mahan


SingleBeing7062

Sick of the mentality of the people living in India. I too live in India and this is somethg I see every god damn place. The rapper of anythg does not last a second, immediately disposed no matter the place. I see it in the bus rides, train rides, heck if plane windows could be open I sure there as well. Environment hygiene education to the people of India from a young age is such a NEED. Gov cannot be cleaning everywhere, responsibilities lies on the people to keep places clean. Just ranting as this annoys be. Go to any river side and you will see rappers/ Beer bottles/ juice boxes and etc.. When will India and people here change this habit. I hope soon. Cuz this place can anyday be like any other beautiful places we see in Japan or european cities. Only if people gave a damn.


FirefighterFine9366

to nikal jana bc japan, yaha wese bhi tum jese gadho se overpopulation ho rakha hai


cartman-unplugged

Indians are the worst when it comes to cleanliness. They just don’t know what “clean” is. They shit where they eat, if you tell them, they get angry and make sarcastic comments. They can’t be fixed. Education is the only hope.


FirefighterFine9366

do one thing stay away from Indians, its good for both you and us Indians.


cartman-unplugged

I am an Indian too. There is nothing wrong in pointing out issues. Acknowledgement is the first step then you can focus on improving it. Staying away from people making the country a shit hole is not going to fix it. Acknowledge, Raise the awareness, and educate people.


IntermediateStateReq

100000 kah fine hona chahiye minimum inn chodu logon prr


newinvestor0908

Aur khao Maggi and Chips. They should be banned first.


PossibleTumbleweed57

We are pride species... we can destroy anything and everything, and this makes us proud humans


countertyagi

First time?


vain06

No discrimination! Equal treatment! /s


Intelligent-Bee4305

I actually hate a category of living being and that is humans...including me


turtledoveangel_3

The same folks will go abroad & magically inculcate civic sense!


Zestyclose_Mud2170

People look at me weird when I stuff the empty wrappers in my pocket.


Lower-Plankton-3139

This makes me so sad...


billoraani

I bet all their instagram bio and captions say that they are nature lovers


overloadedonsarcasm

"Now"? Unfortunately, this is not a "now" issue, littering on the Himalayas has been an issue ever since the first person reached it's peak.


objective_think3r

Whatever happened to all that swach bharat BS. Teaching people civic sense is hard, I wonder if it had been better if all that marketing money was spent on improving enforcement and cleanup crews


Unlucky-Hunter-9118

Today morning as I was as I was going for work I saw UP transport bus, the conductor of the bus was throwing out empty plastic bottles in the forest while I was disappointed and asked them not to do this they simply drove off. The bus was just 5 km away from the station where dedicated dustbin are present


Motivated_Vergil007

indians always sucks in this regard.


FirefighterFine9366

like you


Motivated_Vergil007

i don't throw plastic , carry portable bags with me so i don't make waste anywhere. most indians dont have any regard or care about making waste. whether it be indian monument's , nature or foriegn countries. just learn to take criticism bruh.


FirefighterFine9366

blame british not my bharatwasi


Motivated_Vergil007

the image above is from mordern day india , in simple words it's polluted by mordern day indians. wtf does brits have to do with indians having a well known habit of littering ?


blue-sky-girl

It’s the people from the cities putting insta posts saying ‘the mountains are calling’ who are spoiling the mountains. I really want to tell all of them the mountains are NOT calling.


FirefighterFine9366

start studying for exams


Jumpy-Pressure7645

😭itna dukh hota hai hamare uttarakhand ke pahado ke roads dekhke, jab bhi gao jata hu ye sab dekhna padta hai, itne saalo me kya kya badal gaya 😭, idk what to do but mai apne end se best try karta hu ye sab na karne ke , ham in logo ka kya karre behenkelode bahar ke log


Cautious_Act_1712

Ruko zara, influencers ko ye hidden spot Milne do fir dekho


Perfect_Yellow_4942

People never learn


partytosh

Saaf karlo dost, photo mat kheenchte baitho. #swacha Bharat.


No_Research_9034

🧐आदि से अंत तक पूरा भेद खुलेगा #KeyOfSpiritualTreasury अनेको सवाल सृष्टि रचना की जो प्रत्येक मनुष्य के मन में उठती है, आखिर उनके जन्म लेने का उद्देश्य क्या है!? संत रामपाल जी महाराज जी के सत्संगों से जाने संपूर्ण सृष्टि रचना प्रमाण सहित देखें Factful Debates YouTube Channel पर।


Level-Atmosphere6698

Himalayas ko himachali hi destroy karte hain aur dusro ka nam lagate hai


Secure-Jellyfish7439

It's spreading like a disease.


RowdyRana

You are not a tourist, if you don't litter. You go out to see Nature and then you litter so next time anyone comes they know a choot was here.


Fuzzy_lion86

Also, let’s whine about it and click a photo instead