Mining turns India’s heat-shield hills to dust
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Mining activities are degrading hills near New Delhi, exacerbating already extreme heat conditions and increasing the risk of desertification. Experts warn this environmental impact is also worsening health problems in the region.
A loss of the hills to mining is boosting already dangerously hot temperatures in New Delhi, raising the risk of desertification, and worsening health problems, experts warn.
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