Highlight any two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India. India's environmental problems pose a dichotomy- they are poverty induced and at the same time arise due to affluence in living standards. Is this true?
Highlight any two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India. India's environmental problems pose a dichotomy- they are poverty induced and at the same time arise due to affluence in living standards. Is this true?
Two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India are as follows
(i) Land Degradation - Land in India has suffered degradation stemming mainly from unstable use and inappropriate management practices during the development process.
(ii) Air Pollution In India - Air pollution is widespread in urban areas where vehicles are the major contributors and in a few other areas which have a high concentration of industries and thermal power plants. In 2003, personal transport vehicles (two-wheeled vehicles and cars only) constituted about 80% of the total number of registered vehicles. Thus, contributing significantly to total air pollution load.
This is true that India's environmental problems pose a dichotomy—they are poverty induced and, at the same time arise due to affluence in living standards. On one hand, population explosion and widespread poverty has led to deforestation in India as the poor people in the rural areas are compelled to fell trees for earning their livelihood and for use as fuel, on the other hand, the growing demand for natural resources due to affluence in living standards in the urban areas is also equally responsible for the present environmental degradation.
Two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India are as follows
(i) Land Degradation - Land in India has suffered degradation stemming mainly from unstable use and inappropriate management practices during the development process.
(ii) Air Pollution In India - Air pollution is widespread in urban areas where vehicles are the major contributors and in a few other areas which have a high concentration of industries and thermal power plants. In 2003, personal transport vehicles (two-wheeled vehicles and cars only) constituted about 80% of the total number of registered vehicles. Thus, contributing significantly to total air pollution load.
This is true that India's environmental problems pose a dichotomy—they are poverty induced and, at the same time arise due to affluence in living standards. On one hand, population explosion and widespread poverty has led to deforestation in India as the poor people in the rural areas are compelled to fell trees for earning their livelihood and for use as fuel, on the other hand, the growing demand for natural resources due to affluence in living standards in the urban areas is also equally responsible for the present environmental degradation.
