India, Nov. 25 -- Are you as a citizen sure that the air you are breathing and the water you are drinking is safe?

Well, not only atmospheric air is unhealthy in our metros - especially in Delhi, where the air quality has been oscillating between severe and poor category - but a new report that tap water supplied in 15 out of 21 major cities and state capitals is unsafe seems to have stirred another controversy.

Beyond the war of words between the Delhi Chief Minister and Union Consumer Affairs Minister, the issue has generated several debates. On November 16, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan while releasing Water Quality Report for State Capitals and Delhi as analyzed by the Bureau of Indian Standards had reportedly stated that the objective was not ...