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Mahathi Parashuram

Last Updated : Jun 02 2017 | 4:12 PM IST

With a population of over 1.3 billion, India will soon become the most populated country in the world. Along with this exponential population growth, India is desperately trying to cope with the environmental fallouts such as air and water pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and floods.

Research data shows that over 60 percent of the diseases related with respiratory infections are due to exposure to air pollution. The outdoor pollutants like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide comes mainly from power plant emissions, vehicle exhaust and construction. According to this report, children in cities with a population greater than 10

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