Effect of diesel subsidies on environment

There is an excellent article on damage to environment due to artificially cheap fuels. It is an eye opener for common man how indirect free lunches are doled out to those who have enough money in hand. Many middle income group and above will come into these beneficiary list. It is unfortunate that because of wrong focus, the aim of improving the life of common man is still a dream.
The article also mentioned about efforts required to develop rail freight corridor to transport goods economically rather than depending upon inefficient road transport system. This road transport with diesel driven trucks is contributing to huge pollution burdening the environment. With the addition of more vehicles every year, the life of the roads also shortened and more and more money is spent on repairs / relaying of the roads. If they are not repaired, then the mileage will comedown, trucks get damaged and this again leads to pumping more money and reducing its availability for social development. Many state government run bus transport organizations are bleeding due to control of fares, poor occupancy and are unable to replace inefficient buses due to lack of funds.
Another point brought out is smuggling of the fuel to neighbouring countries due to price difference, indirectly financing their economies instead of our poor people.
We subsidize many things apart from fuels. The cost of a single tea even on a road side shop is costlier than the postcard. The actual user of the cards may not be intended people but those who participate in various entertainment programmes and subsidies go to them.
Thousands of crores of rupees is pumped into aviation sector to cater to a minuscule population. Such financing is avoidable and better utilized to avoid starvation deaths, rescue poor farmers who are the backbone for our survival. Else, sooner or later the food prices will spiral and there will be more deaths even in middle income groups and lead to law and order problem to lay hands on available food items.
As suggested in the article, it is better to remove all subsidies and support the farmers by increasing MSP.
In many states, governments provide housing to the poor. This can be little modified by constructing townships and banning the registrations to avoid change of hands.