Himalayas Visible from Village in Bihar Owing to Decrease in Pollution Levels
Amid the chaos of coronavirus, nature is healing. Lack of pollution has made many mountains peaks visible from hundreds of kilometers away. Recently a tweet suggested that the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest is visible from a village in Bihar amidst coronavirus lockdown.
Mount Everest is visible from a village in Bihar / Image: Twitter @activistritu
Residents of Singhwahini village in Bihar witnessed the magnificent view of Mount Everest from their homes. According to Google Maps, the distance between the Singhwahini village and Mt. Everest is 190 km. Due to no industrial activity and minimal traffic, Air Quality Index across the country has improved with a decrease in pollution.
The images of Mt Everest were shared by Ritu Jaiswal who is the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Singhwahini.
We can see Everest from our terrace today in Singhwahini village. Nature is balancing itself.
She tweeted.
हम सीतामढ़ी जिले के अपने गाँव #सिंहवाहिनी में अपने छत से #MtEverest देख सकते हैं आज। प्रकृति खुद को संतुलित कर रही है। नेपाल के नज़दीक वाले पहाड़ तो बारिश के बाद साफ मौसम में कभी कभी दिख जाते थे। असल हिमालय के दर्शन अपने गाँव से आज पहली बार हुए।#NatureisBalancing@KashishBihar pic.twitter.com/Ss3UHAzxWN
— Ritu Jaiswal (@activistritu) May 4, 2020
The same was tweeted by IFS Parveen Kaswan with a little more information.
The claims are made by Mukhiya of village. Can be verified further. They are saying they are able to see these peaks after many years. Even decades. pic.twitter.com/DP4yhzgbQd
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) May 5, 2020
Ok this report which quoted few old people from region says that it is indeed happening after many years. pic.twitter.com/3xMwcx6cxt
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) May 5, 2020
He shared a local newspaper report which quotes the elder of the village as claiming that the range visible now due to lack of pollution used to be visible decades ago when the state was not cluttered with activities.
Becasue definitely when we can see snowy peak of the Himalayas, the highest ones can only be scene and everest is in the north east of our village and this pic is of north east. And my husband in their childhood used to see everest in 80s. So we are sure that its the same.
— Ritu Jaiswal (@activistritu) May 5, 2020
Last month, Jalandhar residents were able to see Himachal Pradesh’s Dhauladhar range while recently, snow peaks were visible from Saharanpur as well.
