"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 ...
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's...
It’s reported that India 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 Noida in India. A trip back to his hometown has totally changed his life. Duri...
"This year the water shortage is severe and that is precisely the reason some hotels are reluctant to entertain the intending tourists," said Hemraj Thakur, manager at Hotel Apple Rose. Reports said the hotel owners are sending out mass messages to visitors, warning them of the situation in t...
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 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...
The bottling plant said it had used the water “very responsibly and judiciously,” adding that it had a “shared interest in the sustainability of water resources”. Coke has said India could be one of its five biggest markets within the next few years and plans to invest about $5bn in...
India gets most of its water from monsoons(季风)一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 ...
Currently 600 million Indians face "high to extreme" water shortage and about 200,000 people die every year due to inadequate access to potable water, the report said. The water crisis will get worse as the country's water demand is projected to be twice the available supply by 2030, imply...
President of the "Union of IT & ITES Employees" Baranidharan told Xinhua that due to water shortage, almost all the IT companies have been suffering. "Several small IT companies have asked their employees to start working from home as there is no drinking water for the employees in the offi...