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Man has been tampering 31 the Ecosphere for a very 32 time and is forced to 33 that the environmental resources are 34. Environmental problems are 35 social problems. They begin with people as 36 and end with people as victims. Unplanned use of resource 37 resulted in the depletion of fossil fuels, 38 of air and water, deforestation which has resulted in39 imbalance and draining away of national wealth 40 heavy expenditure on oil and power generation.

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Civilization, like (21), fall, not so much because of (22) of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and (23) within, Rome fell not because of the (24), they merely knocked (25) something that was already dead. The
heart of Rome had (26) beating when the arms and legs were cut (27). We see something of this (28),. in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The(29) of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is longdrawn (30) and it is not easy to spot it.