Sri Lanka, March 22 -- The World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22 as a means of inspiring action to tackle the global water crisis and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year's theme for World Water Day is "Leaving no one behind". This is the essence of the commitment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to allow all people in all countries to benefit from socio-economic development and to achieve the full realization of human rights, without discrimination of any kind.

Not fossil fuel, water will become the rarest commodity in the world in near future, which will create competitive demand between sectors such as domestic, irrigation and industrial use that would lead...