Mumbai - degraded environment causes

Question 1

inadequate waste management

Answer 1

• 60% mumbai’s pop. live in slums
• Deonar dump at height of 18 storey building
• rubbish fires are major causes of air pollution
• Mahim creek is 180 times the safe limit

Question 2

congestion

Answer 2

• 22 million vehicles registered in Mumbai
• 2019-2020 30.5% of dangerous particles were linked to vehicular emissions

Question 3

construction and loss of green cover

Answer 3

• city development has resulted in 42.5% loss in green cover
• 65% increase in tree cutting in 2019 compared to previous year