Environment is the sum total of climate, geography, geology and hydrology of a human habitat. Man is the product of the environment and his life is solely dependent on balance environment. Environmental pollution in India has increased manifold after the drawn of Independence. Nearly 35 percent of India’s total land area has been subjected to serious environmental imbalance and degradation. Hardly one ninth of the total area is under adequate tree cover.
Pollution, at present has become a threat for the whole world. Economic growth is taking place at the cost of environment. India has become anxious about her environmental protection. Air pollution is caused by smoke coming out of steam and diesel/oil engines, mills producing chemical acids, workshops and chimneys of factories in the industrial areas. The transport in big cities is so boucle-necked that it becomes difficult to stand on busy crossroads and breathe freely while inhaling polluted air. Mechanized transport vehicles on land and airplanes in the sky emit foul-smelling gas and smoke.
Savage is dumped into rivers without treatment. Chemicals are sprayed for pesticide and cause unlimited adulteration of food grains and other eatable ingredients. There is lacks of public awareness in India. The slum dwellers ease themselves around their dwellings and crow-dung keeps lying and rotting even in the streets. The people throw garbage here and there. They spit, urinate and defecate in the open. Files gather dirt and germs of diseases like diarrhea and cholera and sit on exposed food. There are no sanitary latrines and the people dig away the pits near to the sources of drinking water. Stools are not covered with mud. Waste and dirty water keeps standing in puddles and ponds.
