Five Infrastructural Issues India cannot ignore any more
India’s mounting garbage problem
India generates 150 million tonnes of waste in a day. With no environmental friendly processing for the waste, the garbage is extremely hazardous, heaped together at landfills usually in the city’s outskirts, with scavengers often including young children working in unsafe conditions to segregate it.
Drinking water that’s bad for you
Over 46 million Indians are exposed to contaminated water. In fact, India has the highest number of people in the world without access to safe water, and are forced to live with contaminated water. Many children in impoverished villages and even in ‘developed’ cities like Mumbai grow up living with impure water.
India has more mobile phones than toilets
Around 60 % Indians do not have access to safe and private toilets. A report by Water Aid states that “If all 774 million people in India waiting for household toilets were made to stand in a line, the queue would stretch from Earth to the moon and beyond.”
Roads that kill
Over 10,000 people were killed in India in 2015 because of accidents by potholes or damaged roads. On an average, 400 people are dying on India’s roads daily. Potholes, damaged roads and hazardous driving conditions are now a way of life in India.
Living in the dark
Of the world’s 1.3 billion people who live without access to power, a quarter — about 300 million are Indians. Another problem is erratic or unstable power supply, particularly in India’s villages, where several Indians continue to live in the dark.
The alarm has been ringing far too long – Why are we ignoring it?
We have waited for a complete downfall of our city structures, and been very casual about the collapsing infrastructures. When are we going to be take things seriously, take action and stop being indifferent and stop ‘adjusting’. Wake up, the warning signs are all around us.
Alarm Bajne Se Pehle Jaago Re!
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