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The resource towards the unexpected accidents/incidents like compensation to
dog bites, snakebites, flood, vehicular accidents and epidemics can be reduced by
proper planning.
In the United States, nearly 45% of the population pays taxes, compared to which
it is only about 3% of population in India (Manshu 2011) as depicted in Figs. 4.14
and 4.15.
The reduction in tax collection often leads to narrow street, unpaved road, haphazardly laid cables and poor parking facility (Figs. 4.16 and 2.6). In addition, there
is also polarization of native non-taxpayers and immigrant taxpayers.
An adult at rest breathes 0.5 m
3
/h while at working hard, breaths 1.5–3 m
3
/h. This
adds up to 11,000 litres of air in a day using about 550 litres of pure oxygen per day.
With increase in migration, fuel combustion and reduced green cover have led to
reduction in per capita availability of oxygen and increase in exposure to polluted
air in many developed countries. Apart from human excreta, per capita values of
solid waste generation in south Asia range from 0.12 to 5.1 kg per person per day
0.45 kg/capita/day (World Bank 2012). This means immigrants are the source of
demand for energy, food, air, water and sanitation which were taken care by ‘free
ecological solutions’ provided by nature’s dilution and self- purification. While taxFig. 4.7 Parking on
footpaths
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