These plants have taken its full form of flower a week ago. Here are 42 flowers of Brahmakamal. Apart from this, around 168 plants are growing fast in the vatika. Not only that, Other than Brahmakamal, grasses found in high Himalayan areas and other species grasses, as well as many plants of Bhrigraj are also blooming in the Brahmavatika.
In Kedarnath, blossoming of the state flower about one and a half months before its original time is not auspicious for the ecosystem. Plant which is growing at a height of 16 thousand feet above sea level is now growing up to more than four thousand feet is raising many questions.
According to Environmentalist and Researchers
Prabhakar Semwal, a researcher working on Brahmakamal for the past four years, “ points out that after the disaster there has been a change in the time of flowering blossom and growing of the plant of Brahmakamal. Temperature in Kedarnath does not remain the same. In such a way, it will be important to see the life cycle of this flower.”
Here, according to Dr. Vijaykant Purohit and Dr. BS Mingwal, “premature bloom in Brahmakmal’s at a high temperature place is a matter of broad study. There is nothing to be said about the future of this flower by taking stock of the situation there.”
According to Jagat Singh Jungli, (Enviromentalist Rudraprayag) “There is a need to think seriously about the protection of Brahmakamal. Blooming of Brahmakamal in the area of several thousand feet below its original location is a direct example of climate change. So it is important to limit human and mechanical activities in areas such as Kedarnath.”
Published Date: June 6, 2018
