Fascist Calcutta's Padlet Board by Bao Chau Nguyen https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r en-us 2017-11-27 08:16:31 UTC 2017-12-01 03:11:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Population of Fascist Calcutta (as of 2016) baochaunguyen2 https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210287885 14,980,000 People
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/17/look-inside-most-populated-cities-world/22094525/#slide=5033655#fullscreen]]> 2017-11-27 08:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210287885 Human Impacts baochaunguyen2 https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210287966 Very common Petty Theft in Calcutta. Targets tourists in crowded places, chances are very high of getting robbed.

70% of citizens suffer from some form of respiratory problems due to air pollution. 

"The provisional estimates of below poverty line (BPL) surveys in the city pegs the per capita income of poor in Kolkata at Rs 27 a day. The poor residing in Bengal's villages are still worse off, earning Rs 21 a day. The national per capita earning in cities and towns is Rs 32, while it is Rs 26 in villages.

Incidentally, West Bengal is fifth in the poverty charts, behind only Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. A whopping 22% of the urban population in Bengal is in BPL category. The state's overall BPL ratio is 26%."
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatas-poor-poorer-than-the-rest/articleshow/16367595.cms
]]> 2017-11-27 08:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210287966 Industrial Impacts baochaunguyen2 https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210288005 Being one of the most populated cities in the world, roads often experience high levels of automobile traffic. Public transportation is poorly developed.

More roads are being built to accommodate for traffic, and high-tech area traffic control systems are being developed to reduce traffic.
http://www.india-briefing.com/news/indian-infrastructure-kolkata-7103.html/

Waste-system is incredibly poor.
"With rapid urbanisation, the country is facing massive waste management challenge. Over 377 million urban people live in 7,935 towns and cities and generate 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum. Only 43 million tonnes (MT) of the waste is collected, 11.9 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfill sites."
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/india-s-challenges-in-waste-management-56753]]> 2017-11-27 08:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210288005 Environmental Impacts baochaunguyen2 https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210288149
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/air-pollution-level-in-kolkata-among-countrys-highest/articleshow/56310086.cms

According to times of India. Calcutta emitted 14.8 million tonnes of CO2 in 2015. On some occasions, carbon emissions have risen higher than Delhi. Calcutta ranks as the city with the second highest emissions in all of India. This leads to air pollution

The major sources of air pollution include automobile exhausts which is about 50%, industrial emissions that is almost 48% and the rest 2% from cooking



Water is infected with animal and human fecal matter. (45% of domestic water is contaminated with human fecal matter, 74% with animal)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559688/ ]]> 2017-11-27 08:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/baochaunguyen2/lvrv7u1ja98r/wish/210288149