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With as many as 31 off the 128 hills and hillocks of the Aravallis getting disappeared in the last many years till 2018  a member of panel  of  the Apex court asked as if humans have become Hanuman due to which there have been a disappearance in the number of hills in the ranges. This comment/pun came from the member at a time when there has been a huge upsurge in illegal mining over the last few year. Background Aravallis are the oldest mountain ranges of the world and are spread across 4 states i.e., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana over 700 kms having its highest point at Gurushikhar(1722m) in Mount Abu, Rajasthan. Apart from having a direct impact on the micro climate and hydrological situation of the area, the ranges have a significant impact on the biodiversity and ecosystem of the entire region, supporting open forests, notable forts, and temples of historical significance. The Aravalli's importance as the primary source of aquifer recharge in the nationa...

" 20-500 years" , this is the time period required for plastics to decompose which varies depending on the various structure and materials it is made up of. From toothbrush to our cell phones to the food packaging industry everything runs on plastics, so I would not hesitate in saying that our life revolves around plastics. India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which 40 per cent remains uncollected and 43 per cent is used for packaging, most of which is single-use, as per a report from a reputed newspaper. As we all know about the 3R principles we have been studying since our school days,  Burning would cause air pollution. composting wouldn't really work as it will take 100s of years to decompose. In which other way we can use plastics to our advantage ? One of the innovative steps India have taken over the past years is to involve plastic waste in the construction of roads thus I call it as not so waste roads, as it uses plastic waste as a co...

The Great Indian Thirst https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/ With the onset of summers, the worrysome thing in my locality is whether our locality's well would be able to give us water for the three cruel hot months ahead...?? By the way we (the people in my locality) are not the only ones who go through the same thought process every summers. As per NITI Aayog report of 2018 stated : That nearly 600 million or nearly half of India's population, almost half of India's population faces extreme water crisis. 75% of rural households doesn't have piped, potable water . Those households rely on sources which can have serious implications on human health. 70% of our sources are contaminated. Major rivers are dying due to insane amount of pollution in them. Groundwater table is depleting at a rapid pace and India is World's largest extractor of Ground water accounting for almost 25% . All in all we are suffering from " worst water crisis " and going towards even ...

Tackling Indoor Air Pollution through Phytoremidiation (plants)🎋🌴 We usually hear a lot about pollution precisely air pollution in the months of october - december, and people in Delhi do crib a lot about this matter, why won't they crib as air pollution is a big source of many respiratory diseases to heart diseases, cancer, etc. Some stats related to the fatalities because of poor Indoor Air Quality It sounds scary when you get to know that around 4.3 million people die worldwide due to poor air quality prevailing inside the houses, a round 3.8 million premature deaths occur annually from non-communicable diseases including ischaemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are all attributed to exposure to household air pollution, as per reports from WHO. So now you might have understood the severeness of the problem which don't get highlighted enough because of the more worsened AQI levels outside in some parts of the World.  What are the...