India, June 27 -- With demand poised to outstrip supply by 2030. Water emergency is not a distant threat, it is already unfolding
In India we have taken natural resources for granted. We care little about them but exploit them to hilt realising little that these resources are limited and if not consumed in a responsible way would perish faster than we can imagine. India today stands on the brink of a monumental water crisis that threatens to derail its economic progress, destabilise food security, and imperil public health. Despite housing 18 per cent of the world's population, India holds only 4 per cent of its freshwater resources.
NITI Aayog's 2018 Composite Water Management Index had already sounded the alarm - 600 million Indians are...