Srinagar, March 27 -- This year's theme for World Consumer Rights Day 2025 was"A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles."This theme clearly reflects the importance of making sustainable and healthy lifestyle choices accessible and available to all consumers, including access to safe drinking water.

Soon after commemorating Consumer Rights Day, people across the world, including J&K, celebrated International Water Day on March 22. This year's theme for the occasion wasglacier preservation.After writing on both these issues recently, I found a close relationship between water and consumer rights, which led me to write this piece for public awareness and to sensitize the government about this critical issue.

When we talk about consumer ...