India is a developing country. Many cities in India are competing with the cities in the developed countries. The global exchange has exposed India to products from all around the world and the imports have increased tremendously. This has also lead to an increase of hazardous waste as well. As the article, “Waste Management in India,” published in the newspaper, “Hindustan Times,” highlights the waste import in India has increased by 48% in the past three years. However India’s ability to handle this waste has not increased in the same proportion. This has resulted in an increase in air and water pollution. The recycling plants do not have sufficient resources and equipments to make sure that the hazardous waste is recycled or disposed off appropriately.
This is a big social problem as it is affecting the health and safety of the citizens of India. The government needs to take greater charge and control of waste management to make sure that the citizens can live a healthy and happy life.
Here is another article with some more information on how waste management is a serious social, health and environmental issue:
http://www.indiatogether.org/2010/jun/ksh-rags.htm
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ReplyDeleteSimilar to the issue of proper waste management is that of sanitation.(http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/indias-dirty-big-mess-exposed-to-the-public/story-e6frg6zo-1225929083779) 55% of India's population lacks access to sanitation facilities (appoximately 638 million people). However, in this editorial the author claims that even if provided access to basic sanitation, it may not be utilized by the population due to differing standards of cleanliness (this could also be said for waste management).
ReplyDeleteThe government certainly needs to become more involved in these endeavors to make basic sanitation and waste management services available, but it also needs to implement some sort of educational program to ensure such facilities are used.
Thanks for sharing this article. I agree that basic sanitation and waste management are vital for the health of the people in any society. Government should devote resources and educate people to utilize the facilities.
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