Just the way The United States showed, after being pulled out of the Paris accord, that when it comes to saving our planet, no action is too small or negligible, in a similar vein, this small Himalayan village does not burn their dead so as to not damage the mountain ecology.
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According to reports, this small village named Dronagiri, in Uttarakhand, is entirely comprised of Hindus. However, all the 65 families in the village bury their dead so that the environment does not get affected along with the trees that grow in the area, at 12000 feet. The people of this village are more concerned about the Himalayan Birch (also called the Bhojpatra tree) leaves of which were used as paper for writing.
The Pradhan of the village Dronagiri, Deepa Rawat, said to the reports. For household needs and firewood, we simply collect the stems of those trees that have fallen naturally or have rotted over time.’’ The village is incredibly sensitive to ecological concerns.
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The environmentalist Anil Joshi praised the villagers by saying, ‘’the villagers can teach all of us how to protect the environment. Burial is more eco-friendly than burning because there is no carbon emission.’’