Heavy showers are not uncommon in the country. It receives rain for about 100 hrs each year spread over about 50 days in a year. Cherapunji in India is the wettest place in the world which receives annual rainfall of about 15,000 mm and yet the village which annual rainfall of about 16,000 mm and yet the village often faces drinking water shortage because of widespread deforestation resulting in drying up of water sources soon after torrential rainy season is over. On the other hand, Jaywalker in Rajasthan has just about 100 mm of annual rainfall.
According to a study made by a professor of AIMS, public awareness programmers’ can be of tremendous help if taken seriously by the public. CVD –related problems can be kept under control. People across the country and their social-economic category are also one of the factors in terms of law or high CVD-rate. This rich and educated are the early adopters, according to a study by AIMS. The urban middle class and poor are at greater risk. They stay in crowded dwellings where chances of infective, rheumatic heart disease spreading are higher. Also, they are not aware of the importance of regular exercise and eating right.
Thanks to the fast developing medical science and AIMS which have made every effort to keep CVD related diseases under control. Early detection and intervention are the definite possibility. Nevertheless, what a common distance can do is to manage stress levels, maintain distance from greary fires and read up on the subject; the human heart.
Noise pollution and international trade in toxic wastes are other areas of concern. The recyclers and processors of the toxic wastes expose the humanity at large to many hazards. People should be made aware of these hazards. Industrialized counties are dumping their toxic wastes in under-developed countries. All the countries should be obliged to accept the Base Convention to keep the environment clean of such wastes. There should be an effective ban and control on global tade in hazardous wastes. No country should be allowed bartering the health and well being of its people for a few dollars. During April 1996 to January 1997, over 15,000 tonnes of lead and battery wastes were imported in India. During this same period nearly 12,000 tonnes of zinc waste was also imported. In 1996 alone, Australia exported at least 8’500 tonnes of hazardous wastes and 1.9 million scrap batteries, and India, the Philippines and China were its major destinations.
Threat to environment due to selfish attitude of the industrial-sector should be the concern of every Indian. The rule of the apex court is remarkable which will definitely put check on causes of environmental hazards.
World summit on sustainable development Johannesburg 26th August-4th September 2002 was the most remarkable one on environmental issues. The conference was a great success, even if not all of Germany’s and Europe’s aims in the negotiations were met. The Summit strengthened the Union Nations system and the concept of multi-literalism. Germany made a leading contribution to the conference, a fact which received international recognition. The main outcome of what was the biggest United Nations Conference date was to set the future course for implanting the principle of sustainable development though new priorities, targets and programmed of action. The plan of implementation contains a number of important new time frames and calls for the elaboration of various programmers.