India’s burning issue with emissions from Hindu funeral pyres

Title: India’s burning issue with emissions from Hindu funeral pyres
Description: The article talks about how the Hindu tradition of cremating leads to almost 50 to 60 million trees being consumed every year. An NGO declared that when these trees are burned around eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases are emitted. In addition to deforestation and air pollution, these cremation practices also lead to water pollution as the ashes are left into river usually.
name: Meghana Seelam
Type: Written/Texual Resource
Date: September 7th, 2011
Creator: Teo Kermeliotis
Spatial Coverage: India
Temporal Coverage: 2011
Audience: All Audiences
Rights: https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/12/world/asia/india-funeral-pyres-emissions/
Access Rights: 02/16/2022