India has just five years to solve its water crisis, experts fear. Otherwise hundreds of millions of lives will be in danger

[desiboys]

India has just five years to solve its water crisis, experts fear. Otherwise hundreds of millions of lives will be in danger

By Jessie Yeung, Swati Gupta and Michael Guy, CNN

Updated at 0924 GMT (1724 HKT) June 28, 2019

 

New Delhi (CNN) — The world's second-most populous country is running out of water.

About 100 million people across India are on the front lines of a nationwide water crisis. A total of 21 major cities are poised to run out of groundwater next year, according to a 2018 report by government-run think tank NITI Aayog.

Much-needed monsoon rains have only just arrived in some places, running weeks late, amid a heatwave that has killed at least 137 people this summer.

 

Groundwater, which has been steadily depleting for years, makes up 40% of the country's water supply. But other sources are also running dry -- almost two-thirds of India's reservoirs are running below normal water levels, the country's Central Water Commission said in June.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently created the Ministry of Jal Shakti (water power) to oversee water resource management, and reiterated his election campaign promise to provide piped water to every rural home by 2024.

 

But many fear it won't be enough. According to a UN human rights report, the world is fast approaching a "climate apartheid" where only the wealthy can afford basic resources in the face of fatal droughts, famine and heatwaves.

In some places in India, disaster has already arrived. The four reservoirs that supply Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, are nearly dry.

Hundreds of thousands of residents wait in line each day to fill their pots at government water tankers, and critical services like hospitals and schools are struggling. People are forced to wash utensils in the same dirty water, saving a few bottles of clean water to cook food.

[tom bhayya]

Telangana is proactive baggeratha kcr already fixed last month

[tom bhayya]

Chennai 6th place aa top 4 lo undey kadha 6th ki eppudu padipoyindhi?

[tables]

1 minute ago, tom bhayya said:

Telangana is proactive baggeratha kcr already fixed last month

Vaadi ucha istunnada bottles lo?

[tables]

Just now, tom bhayya said:

Chennai 6th place aa top 4 lo undey kadha 6th ki eppudu padipoyindhi?

Amaravathi and Hyderabad moved up and hence Chennai came down.

[alpha_beta]

2 minutes ago, tom bhayya said:

Telangana is proactive baggeratha kcr already fixed last month

China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project" KChR ade follow avutunnadu to divert godavari water (3 TMC avg to ocean) TO krishna delta

One long-term solution being considered is to build another canal to divert water from the Three Gorges Dam to Danjiangkou Reservoir. On Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, the middle leg of China's South to North Water Project, the world's largest water transfer projectto date, opened.

[tom bhayya]

40 minutes ago, alpha_beta said:

China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project" KChR ade follow avutunnadu to divert godavari water (3 TMC avg to ocean) TO krishna delta

One long-term solution being considered is to build another canal to divert water from the Three Gorges Dam to Danjiangkou Reservoir. On Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, the middle leg of China's South to North Water Project, the world's largest water transfer projectto date, opened.

Nenu kuda adhey cheppa kadha

[tom bhayya]

44 minutes ago, tables said:

Amaravathi and Hyderabad moved up and hence Chennai came down.

Thank you baboru and kcr

[Anta Assamey]

We have MODI and KCR and JAGAN .... Anduke ee 5 years vellaki chance ichamu ani indake @tom bhayya cheptunadu .. 

[Android_Halwa]

Glad that alarm bells are ringing loudly...

let the public face the difficulty first , This is the best way to learn to being responsible. 

Mana public chepithe vine public kadu, catchment areas motham nashanam chesi kabzalu chesi, addanga borewells tavvi, free electricity anevaraku 24/7 borewells nadipi most precious source aina ground water ni khatam pattinchinaru

Let people learn being reaposiblebat resources first ...and best way to learn is by experience...

[desiboys]

6 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Glad that alarm bells are ringing loudly...

let the public face the difficulty first , This is the best way to learn to being responsible. 

Mana public chepithe vine public kadu, catchment areas motham nashanam chesi kabzalu chesi, addanga borewells tavvi, free electricity anevaraku 24/7 borewells nadipi most precious source aina ground water ni khatam pattinchinaru

Let people learn being reaposiblebat resources first ...and best way to learn is by experience...

Avi anni vallaki enduku man. Lands konnama, matrimony profile lo 25 crores total assets worth pettinama important.

[MobileMusic]

Now, we are talking!

We can generate electricity and stuff but cannot generate water. It is what it is - from the mercy of nature.

Edited June 30, 2019 by MobileMusic

[Hydrockers]

Babori ni PM chesi unte ayyipoyedi

[Android_Halwa]

4 minutes ago, desiboys said:

Avi anni vallaki enduku man. Lands konnama, matrimony profile lo 25 crores total assets worth pettinama important.

Water lenidi, ring road pakka bit aina panikirani bit ae...

[Mr Mirchi]

Palletulku ki back aa andharu ithe