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India The way water is getting scarce, it will become difficult for Indians to quench their thirst. You can guess from this report how terrible the water shortage can be in India.
Water crisis: Everyone is troubled by the uncontrollable heat in India these days. The problem of water shortage in summer has made life difficult for people. Be it Delhi or Bengaluru, there is an outcry for water everywhere. The situation has reached such a point that people are standing in long queues for water from tankers. India's IT hub Bengaluru is facing a shortage of 20 crore liters of water every day these days. Cities like Mumbai and Chennai are also facing water crisis.
Every year 2 lakh people die due to lack of water.
If immediate steps are not taken to stop the wastage of water in India, the situation may get out of control. According to the report of Niti Aayog, about 60 crore people are currently facing water crisis in India. Every year about 2 lakh people are dying due to lack of water. The situation is expected to get worse because by 2050 the demand for water will exceed its supply.
4,84,20,000 crore cubic metres of water is wasted
According to the WMO report '2021 State of Climate Services', the annual per capita water availability in India is continuously decreasing due to population growth. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, per capita water availability will further decrease to 1,367 cubic meters in the year 2031. According to the report of the Center for Science and Environment, another estimate of water wastage shows that 4,84,20,000 crore cubic meters i.e. 48.42 billion one-liter water bottles are wasted every day.
India's reservoirs are drying up.
The recent report of the Central Water Commission has revealed some such figures which can increase everyone's concern. According to the report of the Water Commission, the water in 150 major reservoirs of the country has decreased to just 21 percent. The available storage in these reservoirs is 37.662 BCM, which is 21 percent of their total capacity. Overall, the live storage available in 150 reservoirs is 54.310 BCM, while their estimated total capacity is 257.812 BCM. The current storage in the reservoirs is less than the average storage of the last ten years.
Know what will happen by 2025
According to the United Nations, water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population growth over the past century. It is estimated that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in water-scarce areas, a result of use, development and climate change. Two-thirds of the world's population lives in water-scarce areas.
Delhi's condition is the worst
According to the groundwater report released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in November last year, the groundwater level of the capital is falling rapidly. The worst situation is of New Delhi. According to a report by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE), 200 cities of the world can reach Day Zero status by the year 2050, in which four cities of India – Delhi, Jaipur, Chennai and Hyderabad are included in the top 10. Day Zero means that all sources of water available in the city will be exhausted.
Stop wasting water
Every Indian should try to save water. The average Indian wastes 30 percent of his daily water requirement. According to the United States Geological Survey, a leaking tap that drips 10 drops per minute wastes 3.6 liters of water per day. Also, every flush of the toilet consumes about six liters of water. A CSE report shows that 4,84,20,000 crore cubic meters or 48.42 billion one-liter bottles are wasted every day, while about 16 crore people in this country do not have access to clean and fresh water.