Instead of taking urgent and concrete steps to confront this health emergency, governments make it worse by shearing the city of its tree cover. opinion Updated: Apr 23, 2019 10:25 IST Prerna Singh Bindra Hindustan Times One evening in a private club in Gurugram, I asked one of our most erudite politicians, a guest speaker for that evening, why the environment was not a core issue in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. His answer was depressing but not shocking. He said issues such as air pollution, water and forests were important, but development had to come first. Yes, I said, but at what cost? I requested the politician to step out of the air-conditioned cocoon of the club, and our lives,...
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