Urban Decay in India's Major Cities: Toxic Air, Broken Infrastructure, and Waste Management Failures
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Summary
The article examines the severe urban decay and infrastructure challenges facing major Indian cities, focusing on issues like toxic air pollution, broken roads, and inadequate waste management. It highlights how despite significant government infrastructure spending, cities like Jaipur, Delhi, and others rank poorly on global liveability indexes due to deteriorating public services, environmental hazards, and systemic governance failures. The piece features local perspectives showing resignation and hopelessness among residents, while analyzing the gap between infrastructure investment and actual quality of life improvements.
Key quotes
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His answer reflected a resigned hopelessness about the urban decay that plagues many of India's major cities.
Indian cities generate millions of tonnes of rubbish every year, but waste disposal systems are inadequate.
Many Indian cities rank at the bottom of liveability indexes despite big government spending on infrastructure.
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