Environmental Issues in India

            The Environmental issues in India are huge. Whether it's the rapidly dropping water tables, mass deforestation, land degradation or river contamination, India has it all and on a massive scale. Below you can find information on all of India's most serious environmental problems.

Water pollution:

Perhaps the largest of the environmental issues in India facing the people of India is inadequate or lack of access to vital fresh water resources. The companies accused of causing huge droughts and contamination to a massive area by exploiting an excessive amount of ground water and then replacing it with toxic discharge. Of course, Coca Cola is a big famous company and that is why this came to news but I have no doubt that there are a million examples of similar things happening all over India.

            The rivers are on the front line of pollution in India. Millions of people depend on them for their livelihoods but they are slowly being polluted and destroyed by sewage, chemicals and other agricultural and industrial waste.

Deforestation:

The story of deforestation is another of the highly serious environmental issues in India. Most of it being chopped down for housing, industrialisation and river projects. It is estimated that the number of Mangrove Forests have more than halved in the last 20 years.

Air Pollution:

India now has one of the worst qualities of air in the world. Without a doubt the main contributor of air pollution in India is the transport system. In the big cities like Delhi and Mumbai, millions of old and very dirty diesel engines churn out millions of turns more sulphur than their western equivalents partly because of being old and partly because of the diesel.

Plastics and Other Waste:

             Plastic isn't in any urgency to degrade but the people of India don't seem to recognize this as they throw every unwanted item onto the floor wherever they are. Of course, the victims of these environmental issues in India are the future generations and the animals. On A brighter note, solar power in India is going through a boom along with several other eco friendly power sources.

                                                     Br. Godfrey Cap.