Pollution Of Indi An Emerging Country

My name is Vynateya Purimetla, and I am an eighth grader currently attending East Hills Middle School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Presently, we are in a hydrogeology unit and we have been researching global water crises around the world and the effects they have on people who inhabit those regions. I am writing this letter to address the issues of inadequate sanitation, untreated sewage in groundwater, and holy rivers being polluted due to a host of reasons. These problems are occurring in both rural and urban areas, and are affecting more than 80% of the Indian population who depend on water polluted with untreated sewage, nitrate, and agricultural runoff for basic survival needs, (The Huffington Post). As the leader of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, I hope that some of the solutions outlined in this letter could be helpful to you in solving India’s water crisis.

People in Developing countries drink pond, stream, pond water which could be contaminated by animals and people. In third world countries they’re not really educated so they don’t know that the water they drink is bad for them. Another way they get water is by digging deep holes until they find water, it may be cleaner than the surface water but there would be still be a chance that it could be contaminated, which could end up giving them diseases and even death. 884 million people in the world don’t have water that is safe to drink. Also more 80 percent of sewage in third world countries contaminates their water source. Schools also don’t clean/safe water for kids to drink. In developing countries women and children spend 6 hours every day trying to collecting water and on

Water pollution has become a major problem in our water sources. People think that when they litter or dump in our waters that their little contribution will not hurt anything, but everyone’s little contributions add up to some major problems. Our water ecosystems and the species that reside in them are being destroyed and we need to take the steps necessary to stop this. Why would anyone use the source of most of the world’s food as a dumping ground for garbage? People need to start realizing what it is they are doing when they do not take the proper steps to dispose of their garbage and the problems they are making for the future.

estimated 200 billion litres of raw sewage into our waterways every year. And our health care

The article “The Right to Water in the Slums of Mumbai, India” highlights the primary barriers to accessing water in the slums of Mumbai, India. Residents of slums that are “notified” in India, meaning that they are recognized by the government, are entitled to access to city services, including water supply. Residents of non-notified slums suffer from lack of access to sanitary water, latrines, electricity, and public transportation. Nearly half of the slums in Mumbai are non-notified. Notified slum communities have access to a chlorinated central water supply managed by the government, leaving residents of non-notified slums to illegally tap into city water pipes out of desperation. Lack of access to clean water causes diarrhoeal illnesses

Imagine every time you breathed that you are inhaling toxic particles that can damage your body, Pollution in South Asia is one of the main causes of death. Each year 2.4 million people die due to this issue. Every single day 25 million people inhale unsafe particles. If you breath in the kind of particles that are in the air it can lead to lower respiratory infections, heart diseases, lung diseases, and cancer. According to Yale Date Driven, “In 2013, more than 20,000 premature deaths were blamed on the country’s foul air” (Yale). According to Triple Pundit, “The burning of fossil fuels, biomass, as well as diesel transportation, factories, power plants, and dust are the cause of air pollution” (Vijayaraghavan). India lacks water treatment, which causes the water to get polluted by sewage. That same water is used for the farmers irrigation. The poor water quality causes

Well, I had to do simple math 20 gallons of water times 7,381,940,300 world’s population gives me 147,638,806,000 gallons of water waste in just one single year only used by human beings in our daily needs. Without counting the other ways we waste water for example: cooking, drinking, and washing the dishes etc.. As well, not even counting the usage in industry, agricultural, and electrical power. For instance, the authors of the “Blue Gold” acknowledges, “The biggest treat to fresh water is pollution from thousands and thousands of factories, industrial farms, and cities that pour or leak pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides (including nitrates and phosphates), bacteria, medical waste, chemicals, and radioactive wastes in our water.”(28) Given the above information the scariest subject is on how we contaminated and waste water. However, the terrifying issue is that pollutants can come again through air cycle stating that water polluted can polluted itself more our fresh water because what it is getting into the fresh water, aquifers, and rivers etc., is a water waste full of chemicals used by peoples as well for those industries that thrown chemicals into the water but society are not seeing the big picture of what is happening to the water. By the day, the water becomes scarcity for the reason of water pollution then individuals will realize about the fresh water shortage is a realty and is a matter of time only. As the saying, you do

Many Indians emphasize the need for and improved water quality. Newspapers, consumer advocates, government officials, and the general public are aware of the poor quality of Indian water. The majority of Indians have no choice but to consumer the water that is accessible to them. But, better educated, wealthier, and health-conscious Indians took some measures to improve the quality of water that is consumed by their families. It is estimated the number of such households is around 40 million.

Pure Indian carp are among the most sought fish in the world, and an entire fishing market has been built around them for many centuries now. For the most part, they are only attainable from the Halda River, which is a large yet singular source of natural carp breeding based in Bangladesh, and all of South Asia has suffered its losses as of late to the tune of some 26 different fish species in general—all wiped out in seven years’ time by water pollution. India has been suffering similar water pollution issues itself and has concluded that linking certain rivers may be the best way to deal with the problem; however, new research indicates that this will have adverse effects on Indian ecosystems.

Nepal is a small country located between India and China with a growing population of over thirty million people. While the country is often famous for its beautiful landscapes and tourist attraction, Mount Everest, it is actually suffering with severe water pollution. Clean water is eventually becoming more limited and difficult to access, and the population of many communities is rapidly growing. “Many rural communities live in remote areas far from water supplies while in urban areas, an increase of population, caused in part by people moving because of the decade long internal conflict, is putting increasing strain on limited water and sanitation facilities” (“WaterAid’s Approach”). This ever-increasing population is not only affecting the amount of water, but also the cleanliness and safety of it. People are unaware of

The solutions that are proposed by community members and officials, are gender-sensitive polices that describe how both men and women should do their part in an effort to restore clean water and help out India in making it socially just. According to the article “A 3-year journey from water scarcity to security”, Santosh Gavale, a resident of Manyali village in India states that there are policies enacted to include that both

the world’s population is gradually increasing, peoples lifestyle has been changed significantly and also factors such as preferring people to live in the cities rather than villages, demanding the better quality of water by the population live in a society and also rising the chemical stuff price are the reasons that cause the usage of the treated domestic wastewater for irrigation, (world health organization, 2015).The

The next pollution will be water pollution. This pollution comes from factories, automobiles’’ exhausts and mines, which dump sewage directly into the water. Moreover, as an Agrarian country, the usage of pesticides for agriculture in India calls for water pollution too. Excessive usage of organic matter by farmers will also lead to the same consequent. As mentioned, deforestation will occur as population increase and the forests are stripped, soil erosion will happen and further cause sediments in water. Furthermore, people in India bathe in river for spiritual rejuvenate. However, as they warding off their sins in water, body wastes are excreted into the river as well, leading to river pollution. Religious

Major problem in India is infectious diseases as well as chronic degenerative diseases. The former is related to poor implementation of the public health programs, lack of awareness and the latter to demographic transition with increase in life expectancy. Economic deprivation in a large segment of population results in poor access to health care. Poor educational status leads to non-utilization of health services and increase in avoidable risk factors. India faces high burden of disease because of lack of environmental sanitation and safe drinking water, under-nutrition, poor living conditions, and limited access to preventive and curative health services. Lack of education, gender inequality and explosive growth of population contribute to increasing burden of disease. In the last decade, government has increased expenditure to improve the environmental sanitation and public awareness to deal these issues, but simply it is not enough to benefit to all the areas.

Pollution has become a major issue over the years because it contaminates the Earth’s environment and affects human health. While some environmental pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions, most is caused by human activities. The increase of various types of pollution has made cancer pollutant more prevalent among the people, raising the risk of getting cancer. After being exposed to theses pollutants, the effects may be immediate or delayed. Some of the delayed effects, due to the exposure, can go unnoticed for many years. Another major issue that pollution creates is the tremendous cost for preventing and cleaning it up. However, we can not regulate the pollutants to the extent where there are no more possible