Light pollution: Are we forgetting Twinkle-Twinkle?
Raghvendra Mishra and Sunil Dutt Shukla*
Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girls College, Udaipur-313001 (India) *Corresponding author Email: shuklasd@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Contamination of urban space, both in the form of light and visual pollution, is a growing problem and affects virtually every city. It poses a threat not only on aesthetics but also to ecology. More and more people are slowly paying attention to the aesthetics of the city’s information layout - new organizations and associations are emerging to fight against the excessive number of advertisements in space, this problem is getting more and more publicized, as is light pollution. The latter is talked about not only by ecologists and astronomy amateurs, but also by people who want their cities to be aesthetic and safe. Plants, Animals and Humans in urban and suburban areas are always at risk in the presence of artificial light; it alters physiology and may lead to pathology. There are no appropriate legal measures to govern the issues of interference with the urban space, and even if they exist, they are not implemented properly. Given its seriousness, the concerned agencies should pay attention to it.