Tag: environmental pollution
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Central Pollution Control Board: A story of wasted potential?
By Drashti Vadhel, Rizvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. Rapid industrialization in the country, coupled with an emphasis on the development of a “Modern India” has led to an increase in the amount of pollutants being generated everyday. The economic growth of India has come at the cost of deterioration of its environment. Be it in…
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Is this the beginning of the end of the plastic menace for India?
By Princess Kalyani, NUSRL, Ranchi. “Beat Plastic Pollution”-the theme for the World Environment Day, 2018; India being a major producer of plastic waste was a perfect host for the UN event. With almost 8 million tons of plastic being dumped into the sea each year, plastic pollution is a huge problem worldwide. The UN has…