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Keralam, India: Boat traffic Aerial view of a retail mall and residential apartments in Gurgaon, India, with thick smog obscuring the skyline due to severe air pollution. Aerial view of Kedarnath Temple in the foreground surrounded by flood-damaged buildings and debris in the town of Kedarnath, set in a mountainous valley in Uttarakhand, India. Thick toxic foam covers the surface of the Yamuna River below the Okhla Barrage in Delhi, India, with small boats on the water and a yellow and blue bridge in the background.
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Environment and sustainable development in India

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Environment and sustainable development in India, approach to social, economic, and environmental planning in India that balances the needs of present and future human generations with the imperative of preserving, or preventing undue damage to, the natural environment. In ecology the environment consists of living organisms and nonliving elementsā€”such as air, water, soil, and climateā€”that surround and interact with one another. Indiaā€™s geographical expanse ensures that it has great environmental variety. It has vast stretches of fertile land...

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