First the scare!

It is estimated that India’s population will increase to about 1.26 billlion by the year 2016.

In other words – we are going to overtake China as the most populous country in the world by 2050.

That’s not too far away folks!

And according to a vocal advocate of the sustainable cities movment, Mr. Ajit Gulabchand, chairman, Lavasa Corporation  – close to 400 million people are going to migrate to cities in the next 40 years.

That’s a lot of people folks!

What’s more, India’s existing cities ain’t getting any bigger – so that’s a lot of crammed people! Estimates suggest its more on the lines of putting 18% of the world’s population in 2.4% of the world’s total area.

Now, that’s what I call crammed!

THEN THE SOLUTIONS! (and boy do we need ‘em)

1) Efficient Sewerage and Solid Waste Management : Use of human sewage for irrigation & composting

2) Minimum green house emissions

3) Generation of energy through renewable sources

All three solutions are present in current day – ECO CITIES!

Eco cities

In the context of environmental enhancement, Eco cities pose an excellent solution to help combat climate change and ensure a good quality of life on a sustainable basis. These cities are designed to create a small ecological footprint by minimimizing pollution emissions, effective waste management techniques, and efficient use of land.

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