Almost 29.7% of India’s total geographical area (TGA) underwent land degradation during 2018-19. The data released in the Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India published by the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, which comes under ISRO was published on its website in June. Besides land degradation, desertification had also increased. Some 83.69 million hectares underwent desertification in 2018-19.
Vehicular pollution is one of the biggest contributors to air pollution in urban areas of India. Car sales are projected to almost triple in quantity by the year 2025 and of the 15 most polluted cities in the world,13 are in northern India; the contribution of vehicle pollution to the toxicity of air cannot be undermined. Although steps have been taken by auto manufacturers to curb pollution such as changing the exhaust systems of internal combustion engines, switching to electric vehicles, bio fuels and to hydrogen powered vehicles in coming years. The technology however isn't ready, it isn't economically viable for mass production and it will not be affordable for the average consumers in India.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.