"With increasing industrialization and urbanization, more than 40% of India's available surface water is being used every year. In the northwestern region, the breadbasket of India, about 80% of the surface water is being used". Regardless of improvements to drinking water, many other water ...
Water Shortage Challenges and a Way Forward in Indiadoi:10.1002/awwa.1289InfrastructureUtility managementWater demandIndia should implement adaptive green and gray water management strategies as it faces an uncertain water future.Rajat K. Chakraborti...
The water shortage could interrupt agricultural production and industrial operations, “resulting in inflation in food prices and declines in income for affected businesses and workers, especially farmers, while sparking social unrest,” Moody’s warned. “This in turn can exacerbate volatility in India...
It'sreportedthatIndiaisfacingoneoftheworstwatershortageinitshistory.26-year-oldRamveerTanwarknewathingortwoaboutityearsago.TheyoungmancomesfromasmallvillageinGreaterNoidainIndia.Atripbacktohishometownhastotallychangedhislife.Duringthetrip,Ramveernoticedthatmanylakeswhereheusedtoswimandplaywithhisfriendsdriedup...
A Coca-Cola bottling plant has been ordered to close in northern India after local farmers blamed it for using too much water, creating fresh headaches for the world's biggest soft-drinks maker in one of its most important markets.
It's reported that Indi a is facing one of the worst water shortage in its history. 26-year-old Ramveer Tanwar knew a thing or two about it years ago. The young man comes from a small village in Greater Noid a in India. A trip back to his hometown has totally changed his life....
NEW DELHI, June 14 (Xinhua) -- This summer rising temperatures in India have worsened the water crisis that it has been facing for some time now. ACUTE SHORTAGE OF WATER People in various places across India have been struggling hard and risking their lives to get water to drink. ...
The water shortage has triggered protests, which under the scorching temperature of 45 degrees Celsius have become a daily routine. Officials said the water in the Pali district is primarily supplied from the Jawai Sagar dam, which is facing an acute shortage of water due to below-average rainfa...
India gets most of its water from monsoons (季风)-winds bringing long, heavy rains in from the sea, but the monsoons are late this year. In 85 of India's 91 largest reservoirs (水库), the usable water is much less than before. So in India there is a shortage of water. Chennai, a...
The 2017-18 water shortage in Cape Town, South Africa was one of the worst in recent memory, attracting international attention as people tried to find solutions to the crisis before the city would be forced to shut down its water taps. One idea that was considered by experts...