#Water #crises in India and Five facts about water our cities need to remember in 2019.
#Water #crises
in India and Five facts about water our cities need to remember in 2019.
Newspaper headlines at various times during the year 2018 highlighted what
may well be called the worst water crises in the country’s history till date.
Cities faced various issues such as flooding, deficit rainfall, poor drinking
water supply, encroached water bodies and untreated sewage, and all these
were considered in the preparation of the Composite Water Management Index
(CWMI) by NITI Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India) released in
June.
Union Minister for water Resources has however pointed out that availability
is not so much a problem as the mismanagement and lack of conservation of
water. This implies that the ownership and remedy of the problem both rest in
human hands.
1. Overused groundwater: 21 cities moving towards zero level
2. Contamination: 200,000 die every year due to lack of
clean water
3. Mismanaged Sewerage: Two-thirds of city houses lack
sewage connection
4. Climate change: Floods cost Kerala Rs 20,000 crore
5. Economic drag: GDP to plummet 6% due to water crunch
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