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TOPIC -18

Water Scarcity

Quick Points To Remember

• India is currently facing relentless drinking water crisis.
• Although half of India’s total water is supplied in rural areas, only 18% rural
population has access to fresh and treated drinking water.
• More than half pipelines carrying water to the rural areas, consist of
untreated water.
• As per WHO’s estimations, every year around 38 million people get
infected with waterborne disease among which 75% patients are children.
• In India, more than 6 lakh children under the age of 10 die due to diarrhea
caused due to unhygienic lifestyle and untreated water consumption.
• More than 90% of water waste is released into rivers and lakes. This water
is completely untreated and also pollutes the fresh water sources.

Introduction:

Despite having a strong river system made up of the most flourishing rivers like
Ganges, Narmada, Brahmaputra, Tapi, Godavari, Indus, Godavari and more, India
is facing severe water scarcity. The disposal of waste waters in the natural and clean
water sources has led to water pollution and scarcity of treated water.

India has 16% of the world’s population, but only 4% of world’s water. Increasing
population is one of the major reasons of water scarcity in India and the total
population of 1.2 billion in the country is facing water shortage. Mismanagement of
water sources and heavy increase in population are the major reasons behind water
scarcity in India.

Current scenario:

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