In recent days, people have grown more aware towards the challenges that our world faces from different types of pollution. But, is our government taking pollution seriously? Studies state that thousands of adults and children succumb to pollution-related afflictions every day.
A 2016 WHO report, titled Ambient Air Pollution, states that pollution killed 8 lakh people in the South East Asian region in 2012 – 77 percent of these deaths were reported in India.
Airpocalypse, a study published by Greenpeace in 2017, states that air pollution claimed approximately 12 lakh lives in India in 2015. Another 2017 study by the US-based Health Effects, says that India has the world’s second-highest number of deaths due to air pollution.
Where does this leave us? Will we continue to stay in denial?
(This article is being republished for World Environment Day on 5 June, it was originally published on 5 June, 2017)
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