Mathur Ritika Passi
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Management Authority and the India<br />
Meteorological Department, will make<br />
Indian cities less vulnerable to disasters.<br />
Target 11.6<br />
According to recent reports, the<br />
environmental condition in Indian cities<br />
is deteriorating by the day. In terms of<br />
air quality, as many as 13 Indian cities<br />
have been included by the World Health<br />
Organization among the world’s top<br />
20 polluted cities. Further, there exist<br />
huge irregularities in sewage and waste<br />
management, which lead to pollution of<br />
water bodies. For air quality monitoring<br />
in 127 major towns and cities, stations<br />
have been set up by the Central Pollution<br />
Control Board. However, controlling air<br />
pollution by city authorities is proving to<br />
be a difficult task, and in view of serious<br />
health concerns, civil unrest is growing.<br />
Another environmental concern is the<br />
presence of enormous quantities of solid<br />
waste and its disposal at inappropriate<br />
locations in the city. This issue is being<br />
addressed under the Swachh Bharat (Clean<br />
India) Mission launched by the Urban<br />
Development Ministry in 2015, which aims<br />
to introduce a modern and scientific system<br />
for management of municipal solid waste.<br />
Target 11.7<br />
Expanding infrastructure and housing<br />
development by city authorities as well as<br />
encroachment 10 of vacant land by poor<br />
communities in most Indian cities have<br />
reduced the proportion of area under<br />
green and public spaces. The issue is being<br />
given due consideration under the Smart<br />
Cities and AMRUT Missions, and it is<br />
proposed that the revised city development<br />
plans should provide for the creation and<br />
preservation of green and public spaces<br />
for enhancing quality of life of citizens and<br />
reducing urban heat effects.<br />
Target 11.a<br />
Fostering links between urban, peri-urban<br />
and rural areas has been a priority for the<br />
Indian government. This is observed from<br />
the numerous regional planning efforts in<br />
different parts of the country over the last<br />
40 years. An ongoing activity in this respect<br />
is the work on promoting economic growth<br />
and balanced development in the National<br />
Capital Region. 11 However, the experience<br />
in India so far has been that most plans<br />
have either remained on paper or shown<br />
little progress due to administrative<br />
and political barriers (such as lack of<br />
Over 60 million Indians live in slums (Census 2011)<br />
Tapestry of Dharavi - Mumbai/Thomas Galvez/Flick/Creative Commons
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