Solutions for Pollution of lands, rivers and people's minds

• We want power and hence need coal but don't want the destruction of forests.

No escape. Forests will get destroyed. But go for massive  afforestation drive in the area and ensure at least 5% of the profit goes towards green initiatives in the locality that get affected due to coal mining.

• We want water and hence need dams but don't want destruction of the river and the inundation of the dam area dwellers.

Escape route. Instead of large dams which  cause major environment damages go for smaller check dams. Go for creation of thousands of small ponds and lakes. (The MGNREGC Scheme is literally doing this. But we need machines to do the work. Revive lakes, revive rivers, resurrect wells. 

• We want fossil fuel. But we don't want pollution.                                                                             Go for public transport. Give incentives to the public transport users and wherever possible make it  free. Go for pricing that is linked to consumption. The more they consume the more they pay. For governments which struggle to bear the cost of subsidies, go for pricing of fossil fuel based on the income levels. ( For instance  the 14.2 kg LPG cylinder cost is around 400 rupees for a tea  vendor and the govt. pays a subsidy of around Rupees 800 plus for it. The subsidy amount  is same  for the corporate CEO's who get Rs. 40 millions per year as their pay.)

• Sell the products of the land and not the land

The hottest commodity that is on sale in India is lands. Every inch of land is measured and getting sold out. The property loving people of India consider land as the best bet for investment and continue to amass parcels of land all over the country. Ensure land for dwellings alone. Ban sale/ purchase of plots for investment purposes. Ban people from buying multiple plots in multiple locations immediately. For instance one popular actor of India who has got number of residences in India purchases a flat in the world's tallest tower in Dubai too and pays Rs. 2 lakhs per month as maintenance cost alone. The flat remains unoccupied for most part of the year.