Actress Richa Chadha seems quite concerned about the rising temperature and deforestation which is one of the contributors to climate change. In a recent lengthy post on X, she flagged the cutting down of trees and how it will lead to a rise in temperature beyond 52 degrees Celsius - the highest ever recorded in Delhi earlier this week. Do you and your kids deserve better ? In the last 5 years, India 668,400 ha of forest in the world, 2nd highest deforestation rate in the world.
For detractors who will now say, ‘economic growth’ etc, we lost $69 Billion due to climate related catastrophes in 2019 alone. We..
. — RichaChadha (@RichaChadha) Citing media reports, which revealed the deforestation rate in India in the last five years, Richa emphasise "We CANNOT AFFORD to cut more trees." According to UK-based , India has the highes rate of deforestation between 2015-2020 in Asia at 6,68,000 hectares followed by Indonesia (6,50,000).
Brazil in South America is at the top with 16,95,700 hectares. "Do you and your kids deserve better?" Richa asked adding, "This year temperatures touched 52 degrees, next year, it’ll rise up, rendering our land uninhabitable eventually. Your ACs will fail, your kids will faint or worse from heatstroke.
Please wake up, hold the regime accountable." While the aforementioned numbers do look concerning, has increased by 2,261 squre kilometres (1 square km is 100 hectare), according to the Central government. The total forest cover of India as of 202.