Air pollution from fossil fuels costs India ₹ 10.7 lakh crore annually, reveals a new report
Report estimates one million deaths each year in India due to air pollution generated from burning fossil fuels
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Vivek Mundkur and his team with portable solar pumping system. With his company Atom Solar in Pune he works on further development of his solar powered irrigation pump. It's called the Atom Solar Suntrolley, a 1 horse power portable solar water pumping system which can replace diesel irrigation pumps for small farmers. It can deliver 10,000 litres of water per hour. © Vivek M. / Greenpeace
Farmer Chikkonu in the outskirts of Bangalore, Karnataka. © Greenpeace / Vivek M.
A woman at Dharnai Tolla works in a fields. Solar panels are seen in the background. A solar-powered micro-grid is now supplying electricity to the village. © Vivek M. / Greenpeace
Women sing folk songs on the roof of a house where a solar panel is installed in Dharnai village, block Makhdumpur, district Jehanabad. The people of Dharnai village used to have a facility supplied by the state Government which provided electricity. This infrastructure hasn't been available for the last 33 years and diesel generators have been the only source of electricity. Development of solar power micro grid to electrify the entire village brings new hope for its inhabitants.
Solar panels installation at Dharnai village. A solar-powered micro-grid is now supplying electricity to the Village. © Vivek M. / Greenpeace
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