Subject: Udvada / Iranshah - Global warming affects Parsi Holy Fire
But, just as Parsi numbers are dwindling, the
The waves, which rise as high as 12 metres in the monsoon, have already damaged some houses and hotels on the beach. Today, the distance between the damaged houses and Iran-Shah is barely 200 metres.
According to the preliminary observations of a committee of M S University geologists headed by professor Nikhil Desai, seawater has moved inland by around 15 metres from Danti towards Umbergaon in the last decade. Danti in Valsad is worst affected with seawater moving inland by about 90 metres.
"The
Bioscientist and environmentalist Minoo Parabia feels protection is not a permanent solution. "We have to think of a permanent solution like shifting the holy fire to a safer place. In the past, whenever there was a threat to it, the fire was shifted."
The fire was shifted from Sanjan in 1393 AD after Mahmood Ghaznavi had attacked
Chairman of Gujarat Ecology Society, Hasmukh Shah says, "Because of global warming, there is an urgent need to be concerned about treasures all along
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