Tag: POLLUTION
Air Quality Degenerates in Delhi But Are We Paying Attention?
ENVIRONMENT
The air pollution level in Delhi has again reached its peak, temporary steps and immediate measures will help address the immediate crisis but unless as a collective we work for radical shifts in consumption patterns we cannot achieve long term change.
India’s Waste Management Crisis: Thinking beyond Technology
ENVIRONMENT
Waste generation is a problem that has to be understood in the context of consumption patterns and which needs to be contextually negotiated beyond technological interventions and segregation plants.
Abraham Khan
The ‘Severe’ Pollution Levels in Delhi: A Collective Concern
The pollutions standard is the capital has become intolerable and can destroy collective wellbeing if adequate measures are not adopted.
Developing Countries and Environmental Crisis
ENVIRONMENT
Developing nations face issues while attempting to build a balance between development and environmental sustainability. Social awakening and political participation could offer alternatives.
Witness Recreation Redefined as ‘Oxygen Chamber’ Opens in Delhi
Huda City Centre has recently witnessed the opening up of a brand new ‘Oxygen Chamber’ where visitors can enjoy fresh air and buy environment friendly plants and furniture. In the absence of collective action and the lure of privatized solutions- will Delhi ultimately be reduced into a war-zone?
Niharika Mathur
Entrapped in the Debris of Time: How Bleak are our Futures?
The Supreme Court has banned firecrackers in Delhi-NCR preceding the upcoming festival of Diwali while 16 more children have died in Gorakhpur; while these events may at first appear distinct and unrelated we must understand that they are both sides of the same coin. We must acknowledge that they point to an institutional void and subsequently to a future that is bleak and unpromising for the nation as a collective. How far can half-hearted mechanisms really work?