The environment is one of the most important aspects especially in the era when there is a global change and people don't get fresh air to breathe. The change in the environment affects the healthy life of people especially in case of children. A recent data of the State of India's Environment 2019 figures out that air pollution kills an average of 8.5 out of every 10,000 children in India before they turn five.
The survey says that airpollution is responsible for 12.5 percent of all deaths in India and its impacton children is equally worrying and over 1,00,000 children below the age offive die due to bad air in the country.
The study also finds outthat climate change poses the biggest economic threat in the world today andfeatures prominently in the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. It alsostates that with just 10 years to go, India is yet to identify indicators totrack its colmate change preparedness.
The environment alsodamaged the state of water in the country as both surface and groundwater inthe country are under stress. 86 water bodies are critically polluted and thebulk of the polluted water bodies are in Karnataka, Telangana and Kerala. The studyfinds that one of the reasons for which the water bodies get polluted is thesubstantial increase (136 percent) in the number of grossly pollutingindustries between 2011 and 2018. It is said that groundwater is also reelingunder overexploitation which is running 94.5 percent of all minor irrigationschemes in the country.
The survey conducted byState of India's Environment shows that India's farm sector is under duress. Itfinds that while the input costs for major crops are rising, the averagefarmland size si shrinking.
SOE also states that Indiais projected to add 416 million urban dwellers to the world's urban populationby 2050 and will be home to about 58 percent of the total global population.
Health is also animportant factor and due to the polluted environment all over, India's ruralhealth infrastructure is ailing. There is a 35 percent shortfall in the numberof 24×7 public health centres where 26 percent of the positions for medical officersare lying vacant. The country also shares the world's largest absolute burdenof at least 11 major neglected tropical diseases which also includes dengue.
