According to a very recent WHO report India will be losing a whopping 54 billion US Dollars or more than two lakh crore rupees in the year 2015 due to lifestyle diseases like diabetes, stroke and cancer. And you know why – because of unhealthy workplaces.
Add to this the unhygienic conditions in which our poor live. On one hand they do not get enough to eat and whatever they get can not be guaranteed to be healthy and clean. What about the water that is being used? Earlier one could find wells and just lift some water and drink – one could just take the water from a flowing river, but no more. All this is so much contaminated. Still one is using it and getting sick – may be not immediately. No calculations can be made for the monetary loss and the life loss.
WE will have to improve the living conditions in our cities and towns particularly. Travel by a train and see the dirty living conditions along the track, particularly near the towns/cities. Have you ever given a thought as to what is the cost of health on the citizens of India because of this? We do not have a choice. Start today to cleanse this rot.No readymade solutions. However, each one of us should be concerned and realize that if we do wake up today and act we will also be affected. Let ideas be shared – who knows your idea may just click.
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