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State of India’s Environment report
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- The Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth recently released the 2023 State of India’s Environment report.
- Over 30,000 waterbodies have been encroached on in the country.
- India is generating 150,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste every day.
- More than half of this is either dumped in landfills or remains unattended.
- Four years and 11 months is the average duration of life lost to air pollution in India.
- In Haryana, the average life span reduction was seven years and five months.
- The lowest lifespan fall was recorded in Ladakh, shortened by four months.
- Rural India is losing more years due to air pollution-related health issues than the urban belt.
- India needs 35 per cent more community health centres.
- Between January and October 2022 (304 days), India witnessed extreme weather events on 271 days.
- These extreme weather events claimed over 2,900 lives.
- India’s overall global rank in meeting the United Nations-mandated sustainable development goals (SDGs) has also slipped by nine places.
- Environmental crimes continue unabated and courts need to decide on 245 cases every day to clear the backlog.
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