In last 200 years, the global human population has grown from about 1 billion to close to 8 billion today. Growth of human population, large scale industrialization and addiction to fossil fuel is leading build-up of greenhouse gases and global warming. Climate change is a “crisis multiplier” that has profound implications for international peace and stability.
India produces 170KTPD of Municipal Solid Waste that needs to be treated and disposed. Government of India has undertaken nationwide cleanliness drive to clean up all cities, towns and villages improving health and hygiene, thus reducing mortality rates directly related to poor sanitation. However, pollution has proven to be much more fatal than the pandemic (e.g., over 2.4 million deaths in 2019 due to pollution as compared to 524,000 deaths due to Covid-19).