Climate change is no longer a tale of polar bears and faraway glaciers. It is the heatwave scorching our summers, the flood water rising in our streets, the drying borewells in our villages and the poor quality of air we breathe.
This is a two part article. Part 1 deals with an overview of residential rooftop solar installation (January 2025) across the country, and Part 2 will analyse the uptake of rooftop solars.
I. Introduction
Chennai's long-standing waste management issues had one last hope for decentralised management in the form of Micro Composting Centers (MCC) and Material Recovery Facilities (MRF), which were at least imperfectly functional.