Water shortage disrupting agriculture and industry, stoking food inflation and risking social unrest
Annual per capita water availability, at about 1,486 cubic metres, is set to fall to 1,367 cubic metres by 2031 as its population growsCatchment areas are getting scarce because of rapid urbanisation, so even in a good monsoon, much of the rainwater drains off into the seaNEW DELHI – In the Vivekananda Camp slum, adjacent to the US embassy in New Delhi, communal taps supply brackish water for about two hours a day.
The shortages are affecting rural and urban Indians alike, disrupting agriculture and industry, stoking food inflation and risking social unrest. Contaminated water kills about 200,000 Indians each year, according to the government. People and the economy are suffering. The government plans to more than triple waste water recycling by the end of the decade to 70 per cent, according to a federal government policy document dated Oct 21, 2023 that listed priorities for the next five years.
Modi launched a near $50 billion programme in 2019 to provide all Indian rural households with tap water. The government says it has now covered 77pc of more than 193 million such families, up from 17pc five years ago, but residents and experts say not all pipes have water. "We have a crisis now every year," said Depinder Singh Kapur at Indian research body Centre for Science and Environment.
Tata Steel plans to cut its fresh water consumption to less than 1.5 cubic meters per tonne of crude steel produced at its Indian operations by 2030, from about 2.5 cubic metres now. JSW Steel also has similar plans.
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