Breathless in India, home to 9 of 10 most polluted cities in the world

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Breathless in India, home to 9 of 10 most polluted cities in the world
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People sifting through garbage for recyclable materials at a dump in Ajmer in Rajasthan. Fires caused by biogas from refuse in India’s giant dumps are practically inextinguishable and so common that often no one bothers trying to put them out. These smouldering dumps add to the already dire state of India’s air quality. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Decades of putting economic growth and infrastructure building first have taken a toll on India's environment. The industrial city of Kanpur illustrates the ill effects of such a policy.
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JUL 17, 2018, 5:00 AM SGT
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Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In Kanpur
Ms Naseema - who goes by one name - drops wood into a chulha, or traditional wood-fired stove, and fans the flames.

She is cooking lunch - dal (lentils) and roti - as smoke fills her 150 sq ft brick hut on a day with temperatures soaring above 40 deg C. It takes at least two hours and two kilos of wood to cook one meal.

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[El Sidd]

India is a humanitarian crisis

 

[GHALIB]

we are putting our all resources , alhamdullillah in 2020 things will be different.

 

[undercover JIX]

we are putting our all resources , alhamdullillah in 2020 things will be different.

2012 became super power already and goras working for indians and begging on Indian streets.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Indians just don’t rape people, they rape the entire planet. India is the nightmare of every environmentalist.

We in Pakistan try our best to contain the scourge. This is itself should be recognized as a great service to the rest of the mankind.

 

[undercover JIX]

India is a humanitarian crisis

Indians dont see it like that, because for humanitarian crisis, presence of humanity is a required.

We in Pakistan try our best to contain the scourge. This is itself should be recognized as a great service to the rest of the mankind.

All the sweet coating is gone and now under Modi raj, real Indian / hindu face is exposed.

 

[Shahryar Isfahani]

We in Pakistan try our best to contain the scourge. This is itself should be recognized as a great service to the rest of the mankind.

I salute you Pakistanis for your acts of bravery. You do have to endure through a lot being a neighbor of India.

 

[Chakar The Great]

But but India has alot of money ... Trillion dollars economy..... India is already a super power

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

But but India has alot of money ... Trillion dollars economy..... India is already a super power

Only a regional power stuck because of a neighbor 7x smaller. Losing influence in all countries in its region.

India is not, nor ever will be, a superpower.

 

[HttpError]

Instead of buying S-400 or Rafaels they can spend money where it is really required. They can uplift the poor people and can also try to make cities at-least livable.

 

[lightoftruth]

Only a regional power stuck because of a neighbor 7x smaller. Losing influence in all countries in its region.

India is not, nor ever will be, a superpower.

Fastest growing major economy in the world.

Touching 3 trillion dollars GDP nominal next year.

Don't know about "superpower" but India will be the third largest economy in the world in the next decade.

 

[undercover JIX]

Instead of buying S-400 or Rafaels they can spend money where it is really required. They can uplift the poor people and can also try to make cities at-least livable.

lol then how Modi business will continue.

Fastest growing major economy in the world.

Touching 3 trillion dollars GDP nominal next year.

Don't know about "superpower" but India will be the third largest economy in the world in the next decade.

Most definitely, India is becoming No. 1 in the world....

 

[TruthTheOnlyDefense]

Australia is such a poor country compared to India.

 

[undercover JIX]

Australia is such a poor country compared to India.

Now you realize? please start watching Indian TV Channels to keep yourself up to date with super power.

 

[xyxmt]

Fastest growing major economy in the world.

Touching 3 trillion dollars GDP nominal next year.

Don't know about "superpower" but India will be the third largest economy in the world in the next decade.

I was waiting for this kind of post
Take that you Pakistanis