The NABCONS study from 2022 estimates that the country still suffers an astounding loss of Rs. 1.53 trillion (USD 18.5 billion) annually from 2020 to 2022.
The goal of the Indian government's 2019 National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was to reduce atmospheric PM concentrations by 20–30% by 2024 compared to 2017 levels. Later, this was changed to 40%, by 2026.
The total wet waste of 650 tonnes produced in the city per day is treated at three different Bio-CNG plants at Choithram Mandi, Kabitkhedhi and Devguradia.
For the last three months, Kharghahna village of Bajag block of Dindori district has been waiting for water supply. Rainwater might help to ease the water crisis but villagers worry about water-borne diseases.
The people from marginalised communities, with no cattle to provide dung, are the last beneficiaries of this clean energy initiative. Unfortunately, people from low-income communities majorly are exposed to unhealthy cooking.
Neither any action has been taken on the integrated drainage management system since the year 1995. Nor, any major modelling/remodelling/extension of drains has been done post-1995, even as the population of the Capital trebled during this period.