With the world’s third largest ecological footprint, India was already using twice its biological capacity.
the cost of environmental damage amounts to 5.7% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
the damage caused by urban air pollution, inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene, indoor air pollution, agricultural damage by soil salinity, water-logging and soil erosion, rangeland (pasture) degradation,deforestation, coastal erosion ,pollution, municipal and hospital wastes, loss of fisheries, loss of non-use values of forests.
23% of child mortality in the country could be attributed to environmental degradation”. Nearly half of India’s population is affected by water-related deaths and illnesses, and over 110,000 people die prematurely due to urban air pollution.
the cost of environmental damage amounts to 5.7% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
the damage caused by urban air pollution, inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene, indoor air pollution, agricultural damage by soil salinity, water-logging and soil erosion, rangeland (pasture) degradation,deforestation, coastal erosion ,pollution, municipal and hospital wastes, loss of fisheries, loss of non-use values of forests.
23% of child mortality in the country could be attributed to environmental degradation”. Nearly half of India’s population is affected by water-related deaths and illnesses, and over 110,000 people die prematurely due to urban air pollution.
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