* Air pollution in India causes 5,27,700 deaths every year (WHO) * 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to polluted water. In India, diarrhoea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths daily (WHO) * Only 22% of the wastewater generated in urban India is treated, severely polluting rivers. The total wastewater from Delhi and nearby areas flowing into the 19 drains that connect to the Yamuna is around 3,296 million litres a day, of which 630 MLD is untreated. * India's getting about 5% less sunlight than it did 20 years ago because a cloud of tiny airborne particles released by its industries hovers above the subcontinent, preventing light from reaching the Earth. Results: less rainfall, reduced agricultural productivity and green cover. * Unregulated dumping of old PCs and batteries is contaminating our soil, air and groundwater with highly toxic, carcinogenic chemicals. With over 2 million old PCs ready for disposal in India, that means 14,427,000 kg of plastics, 3,962,700 kg of lead and 1,386 kg of mercury. * Large metros generate thousands of tonnes of solid waste every day, much of it not biodegradable. Delhi generates about 4,000 tonnes of solid waste each day. How long before there's no space left to dump it? * Fast depleting forest cover is threatening our fauna with extinction as their habitats vanish. In the 20 years alone, nearly 12,000 sq km of forest has disappeared with the government's permission. * Pollution costs India about 4.5 per cent of its GDP each year. The figure for China has been estimated at 2.6 percent of the country's GDP, and less than 1-2% for industrialised nations.