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India’s ‘worst water crisis in its history’ is only going to get worse
India is suffering from the worst water crisis in its history and around 600 million people face a severe water shortage, according to a government think tank.
Approximately 200,000 people die every year due to inadequate access to clean water and it’s “only going to get worse” as 21 cities are likely to run out of groundwater by 2020.
In the longer term, the undersupply will become even more acute in the South Asian nation, as demand increases with the 1.4 billion population growing at a rate of around 1 per cent.
“By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply,” the Niti Aayog report reads. “[This will cause] severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions of people.”
“There is an imminent need to deepen our understanding of our water resources and usage and put in place interventions that make our water use efficient and sustainable.”
The expected degree of water scarcity will account for a 6 per cent loss in India’s gross domestic product.
Indian cities and towns often run out of water throughout the summer due to the absence of infrastructure to deliver piped water to homes.
Sprawling queues for government water tankers and public taps are already a common sight in Indian slums since people are reliant on the service and the impending disaster would leave this provision even more thinly stretched.
Erratic rainfall also causes chaos in rural areas where people are similarly affected by a lack of access to safe water.
Groundwater is increasingly used for farming when monsoon rains do not deliver a sufficient level of precipitation meaning there is little to drink.
There has been an effort to develop sustainable water supplies in India in recent years with water conservation legislation existing in 80 per cent of the country.
However, poor data management and an abject failure to properly price water has prevented the country from making any significant progress.
“Where data is available, it is often unreliable due to the use of outdated collection techniques and methodologies,” according to the report. “For example, groundwater data in India is based on an inadequate sample of [around] 55,000 wells out of a total [approximately] 12 million in the country.”
In what could serve as encouragement to step up the pursuit of policies to better conserve water, several water-scarce states are the best at managing the resource.
Some of the best performers in the national composite water index – Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana – are states that have suffered from severe droughts in recent years.
“The action taken by these states, and their subsequent good performance on the index, are likely driven by necessity in the face of looming water shortages,” asserts the report.
Other policies, such as the provision of free utilities, have not had the anticipated result.
“Policies like several states giving free electricity to farmers or giving financial support for groundwater extraction – borewells and tubewells – results in uncontrolled exploitation and wastage of resource,” Suresh Rohilla, director of urban water management at the Centre for Science and Environment, told CNN.
Drip irrigation, a method that means farmers use drastically less fertiliser and diesel, has failed to become popular and its implementation is expensive for most people with state governments providing limited support.
“Primarily, water is not valued in India. It is very cheap in India,” Samrat Basak, director for urban water at the World Resources Institute, told CNN. “People think it is free.”
Alarmingly, the states ranked lowest – like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Jharkhand – are home to almost half of India’s population along with the majority of its agricultural produce.
268 Comments on "India’s ‘worst water crisis in its history’ is only going to get worse"
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 7:47 am
“If you, your sock puppets, and the other bullies stop bullying, I would stop fighting you. “
OK, Juan Quixote,
“You don’t even have to sign off. I don’t mind you posting comments as long as you keep them civil.”
Oh, so you decide, lol. No Juan, you sign off and I will.
“Maybe you haven’t noticed but that is exactly what I’ve been doing for days. I won’t give your sock puppets a rest, though, because using sock puppets is not signing off. Let’s see how long you last. Time out!”
Fruit cake south American playboy that is bored of beach life.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 8:00 am
Delusional Davy “Fruit cake south American playboy that is bored of beach life.”
Wow, you could stop yourself from abusing others for a whole four minutes! Was that a personal record? Or did you have to pee? God, you are a pathetic loser. I knew you were lying about caring for the board and you just proved me right. You only care about yourself! I offered you a timeout, but you simply can’t control yourself! LOL!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 8:02 am
Delusional Davy “Oh, so you decide, lol. No Juan, you sign off and I will.”
I did, but you didn’t, once more proving you are a liar. Let’s see how long you can control yourself now. Second time out!
Sissyfuss on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 8:53 am
What was the article about? How much water it takes to wash your sock puppet.
TheNationalist on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 9:15 am
I think this article is about the existential crisis of sock puppets and having ‘time outs’. The passive aggressiveness displayed by Juan and Davy is probably a sign of a secret affection must like the repressed romance between Millimind and that loveable dutchman Cloggie.
Meanwhile we all die of thirst.
TheNationalist on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 9:19 am
*much like***
Im very sorry for the poor spelling, I am truly very very sorry.
1.Does that make me a sock puppet?
2.What is a sock puppet?
3.Do I need to know?
4. Does anyone even give a flying fuck?
God I’m thirsty!
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 9:40 am
“I am not here to be liked I am here seeking knowledge.”
People who seek knowledge listen to other peoples’ points of view Davy. They don’t make up childish pet names for them and constantly shout them down with delusional bullshit.
“If you and your groupies deviate from the truth I will moderate you and I expect the same. That is called debate.”
This is an unmoderated forum Davy. Why are you having such a difficult time figuring that out?
Debate is not when one person calls everybody else down when he doesn’t agree with their points of view Davy. That would be called bullying.
MASTERMIND on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:00 am
Greg
Will you listen to an actual historians point of view on WW2?
No, so fuck you and the hoarse you rode in on..
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:02 am
“If you and your groupies deviate from the truth I will moderate you and I expect the same. That is called debate.”
‘The truth’ is your opinion, other peoples’ truths’ are their opinions. You don’t get to tell other people that your ‘truths’ (opinions) trump their’s.
If you have a considerate rebuttal to other peoples’ arguments, by all means present that rebuttal. Otherwise, give it a rest already.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:04 am
“Will you listen to an actual historians point of view on WW2?”
I have read many historians points of view who do not support the official narrative MM.
Go Speed Racer on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:05 am
Possibly that’s spelled “horse” ?
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:09 am
“People who seek knowledge listen to other peoples’ points of view Davy.”
Then why do you stalk and prick Americans and rarely contribute on the topic? For you it is about attacking the messenger or his material. I could understand that if someone was saying how fat, stupid, and unfriendly Butthole of Columbia people are. I would expect you to respond but with you it is enable your groupies and enhance the extremist agenda. You listen to the groupie’s point of view and suppress all other point of view then you come on here and whine about the very same things you do. You do childish putdowns, pet names, you attack family, yea let the fucks fly, and you make up stories on people. You wanted to ass fuck me??? WTF is going on with that. You wanted to come down here and find me?? You talked about checking the mail and my cell phone. I think you have been here too long grehggie and it is now a personality disorder. You are a prick greggie. I have offered to ignore you as I did juan Quixote but you guys want to own the board. Bite yourself animal.
“This is an unmoderated forum Davy. Why are you having such a difficult time figuring that out?”
Duh, butthole Columbian playboys are not that quick. I think you and your groupies are the ones wanting to own the board so look in the mirror hypocrite.
“Debate is not when one person calls everybody else down when he doesn’t agree with their points of view Davy. That would be called bullying.”
There we go again with the “everybody” shit. There is 5 in your groupie gang. That is not everyone greggie. Get a friggen grip on reality. You are the worst bully. I used to avoid you because you are such an unimaginative dork that pushes Canadian ultranationalist agendas. I don’t want to have anything to do with you but if you are going to screw with me you will get an eye for an eye. You disgusting piece of rancid flesh.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:14 am
More of your usual delusional bullshit Davy.
As long as you continue to attack others with your name calling, childish rhetoric, and delusional accusations, I will continue to call you out. Your choice.
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:14 am
Nationalist you need to add grehggie juan to your list. I mean unless you want to join the group. You can crack some more jokes the demean Americans and make Canadians look good. What was it..oh yea “what is a sophisticated American?? A Canadian.” No Canadian I have talked to here except one was a polite person and that was Paulo. I liked that guy even though we was an uptight Canadian who could not take any Canadian criticism but he had no problem with grehggie doing the dirty work.
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:17 am
“The truth’ is your opinion, other peoples’ truths’ are their opinions. You don’t get to tell other people that your ‘truths’ (opinions) trump their’s.”
Then why do you do that grehggie. You keep telling on yourself greggie and if you haven’t noticed you have not made one comment yet today talking on topic. It’s all group business.
“If you have a considerate rebuttal to other peoples’ arguments, by all means present that rebuttal. Otherwise, give it a rest already.”
Who died and made you boss? Shut up grehggie and bite your tongue.
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:18 am
“More of your usual delusional bullshit Davy. As long as you continue to attack others with your name calling, childish rhetoric, and delusional accusations, I will continue to call you out. Your choice.”
Translation: I don’t have a rebuttal. I say this ever time davy puts me on the spot with reality.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:20 am
There is no ‘group’ to join Davy. That would simply be another one of your paranoid delusions.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:24 am
“Translation: I don’t have a rebuttal. I say this ever time davy puts me on the spot with reality.”
In all honesty, I have never conversed with another individual who is as far removed from reality as you are Davy.
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:26 am
sure there is grehgie. you guys got your thingy going on. Denial is not going to change the fact. You join the groupie gang by joining the attack. You have been promoting the groupie gang thing for years now. We had this same deal happen about 3 years ago back then Ape man was part of the groupie gang. remember that?
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:27 am
“In all honesty, I have never conversed with another individual who is as far removed from reality as you are Davy.”
translation: I am just a dumb prairie Canadian that does not know how to deal with davy except to prick him. grehggie juan is a good name for you.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:32 am
“You have been promoting the groupie gang thing for years now.
All individuals who have had enough of your delusional bullshit Davy. Not, as you put it, “the groupie gang thing”, which is also completely delusional.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:43 am
Delusional Davy “Duh, butthole Columbian playboys are not that quick. I think you and your groupies are the ones wanting to own the board so look in the mirror hypocrite”
I get back from my morning swin and walk on the beach and I see you are back at it, exceptionalist. So be it!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:49 am
Delusional Davy “Nationalist you need to add grehggie juan to your list”
Fuck, you are thick! Nationalist did include me in his comment above, exceptionalist! Read up above, moron! God, you are a fucking retard? I keep giving you chances and you keep fucking them up! What happened to all your caring for others, fucktard?
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:52 am
Delusional Davy “You disgusting piece of rancid flesh.”
More insults and bullying from the board’s lunatic!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 10:58 am
Delusional Davy “Shut up grehggie and bite your tongue.”
Don’t you understand that he will not shut up if you keep posting shit like that? He tells you as much every single day! God, you are insane! The ball is in your court. It won’t be easy because you will have to eat crow for a while, but the only way this stops is if you stop first and give the others the chance to chill down. But don’t expect it to happen overnight; you have been insulting and abusing others here for years, so it will take a while for others to stop doing it to you. I promise you instant gratification from me, though. The moment you stop, I will stop.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 11:01 am
Greg “In all honesty, I have never conversed with another individual who is as far removed from reality as you are Davy.”
Neither have I! He is the most delusional motherfucker I’ve come across in my almost 49 years on this planet!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 11:05 am
Delusional Davy “translation: I am just a dumb prairie Canadian that does not know how to deal with davy except to prick him. grehggie juan is a … Blah, blah blah”
The list of mental problems you have, Davy, is incredibly long. I am going to see if I can figure out one mental disease or disorder you don’t have, but I can’t think of any right now.
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 11:16 am
Not one comment by grehggie juan today on topic. We are talking hours of Davy attack noise. You losers need to start a social media site because you do not do issues. You two wear your emotions on your sleeves and could give a shit about the others here who want a voice.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 11:21 am
Delusional Davy “You losers need to start a social media site because you do not do issues. You two wear your emotions on your sleeves and could give a shit about the others here who want a voice.”
More infantile behavior from the board’s bully! I know you wish we went somewhere else, exceptionalist. I don’t know about Greg because he makes his own choices. I already told you many times that I am not going anywhere so get used to it, loser!
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 11:42 am
Juan, you didn’t reference the part about topic. You and grehggie said nothing today. Loser is the word for that when one looks at the number of comments to topics. You have just polluted the forum with your emotional trash. You started the shit today. My start to the day was several comments with topics.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:04 pm
Delusional Davy “Juan, you didn’t reference the part about topic.”
I already did yesterday, the day before yesterday,band the day before that, but you are like a broken record and have a memory problem. I told you several times already that for the next three months my main focus here is going to be to fuck with you as much as you fuck with others. God, you are dense!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:10 pm
Delusional Davy “You have just polluted the forum with your emotional trash. You started the shit today. My start to the day was several comments with topics”
Bullshit! I ignored the one or two comments you wrote where you didn’t disrespect or insult anyone, but most of your comments “with topics” as you call them included insults and abuse and I addressed those with set you off like the lunatic you are. Go back and read them ,moron. I already told you that if you stop insulting and abusing others I will stop doing it to you, but you are the one that has been doing this for years so you are the one that has to stop first!
BobInget on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:12 pm
Did ANYONE here come close to address problems of climate change?
Pakistan’s water situation is worse than Indias’.
Warmer, dryer climate is causing massive flooding. Government is busy fighting flooding,
not drought that’s inevitable once all the glaciers
feeding the Mighty Ganges melt.
Instead of spending all your energies thinking of the next Davy insult, why don’t we get creative?
We could discuss geo-engineering, for instance.
Anything but who can be more boring on these pages. You men are just driving people to more
educational pages.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:14 pm
Delusional Davy “You have just polluted the forum with your emotional trash.”
You mean like you have been doing on a daily basis for more than five years? LOL! Fuck, you are thick. I have never met another person that has the comprehension problems you have. I keep repeating the same shit to you over and over again and you just don’t get it! You are a fucking lunatic!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:18 pm
BobI “Did ANYONE here come close to address problems of climate change?”
I had a Vasectomy and no children and if this were a problem it would not be mine, but this is not a problem, it is a consequence of a predicament. The predicament is human nature and like all predicaments it has no solution. You can talk about Climate change nonstop for the rest of your life if you want but it won’t change absolutely nothing, but knock yourself out if you want! LOL!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:23 pm
BobI “Instead of spending all your energies thinking of the next Davy insult, why don’t we get creative?
We could discuss geo-engineering, for instance.”
If you think that geo engineering will solve anything at all you simply don’t understand the nature of the predicament we are facing as a species, Bob. I will not waste a second of my life thinking or talking about that because it would be a complete waste of time and I find the subject ridiculously boring. Giving Davy some of his own medicine, on the other hand, is a lot of fun! LOL!
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:25 pm
BobI, You must be another delusional American! Am I right?
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:40 pm
We know who’s team you are on bob and I would expect that because you are the worst anti-American American on this forum. Your comments generally are biased and off topic.
We can do geoengineering on a small scale and focus it on mitigation and adaptation to the problems faced in a local area or region. All large scale geoengineering i have seen could likely end up being worse.
deadly on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:42 pm
You can’t think about overpopulation, overshoot, not enough resources to sustain civilization, so don’t do it. It’s a thought crime. Das ist Verboten. Vie have our vays.
Don’t even think about talking or writing about it, book burning stuff.
There are people in cages right now down in Texas. Sounds a little like North Korea to me.
What if there were seven billion elephants on the earth? Or seven billion killer whales? How about 7 billion crocodiles?
Maybe even seven billion lions and tigers?
Every hunter on the planet would have to begin hunting down elephants, killer whales, lions, tigers, it would be a whole new industry. Crocodiles would be hunted with reckless abandon.
28 billion animals would eat all of the fish, cattle, pigs, chickens, everything. Overshoot gone wild.
It would be imperative to reduce the populations of those animals, it is at your peril not to.
They would drink all of fresh water available for every living thing.
Humans might not make it with all of those lions and tigers roaming the countryside.
They would be sitting ducks.
Seven billion elephants would come to the rescue of people threatened with extinction by lions and tigers, rise to the occasion and stomp to death the lions and tigers.
Overshoot solved in one fell swoop.
Seven billion elephants would be beasts of burden for humans, no fossil fuels would be needed ever again.
There would have to be a die off of elephants, they would consume too much fresh water.
The die off of elephants would provide a healthy ivory trade, pianos would have the best ivory keys ever.
Humans would have fresh water with a die off of five billion elephants after they have stomped all of the lions and tigers to death except for the lions and tigers who escaped the clutches of an elephant foot.
Life is booming, despite all of the gloom and doom.
You have to look on the bright side.
Ship one point four billion half liter plastic bottles filled with clean potable water to India.
Problem solved.
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:42 pm
Juan who cares about your stupid vasectomy. You act like that gives you the right to be self-righteous. Your playboy lifestyle more than nullifies any help that did.
Boat on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:46 pm
Bob
Start fixing your water problems. Brought to you by the exceptional US government.
https://www.epa.gov/uic/aquifer-recharge-and-aquifer-storage-and-recovery
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:46 pm
Delusional Davy “Juan who cares about your stupid vasectomy. You act like that gives you the right to be self-righteous. Your playboy lifestyle more than nullifies any help that did.”
More abuse from the board’s bully! You are one ignorant fucktard! Go get fucked by your goats, pussy!
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 12:56 pm
Translation.: Davy slammed my self-righteous vasectomy comment with a 2×4. Lol, Juan, you are easy to figure out. What a stupid hot head.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:06 pm
“Did ANYONE here come close to address problems of climate change?”
A multitude of times before Bob. Climate change has already been triggered, and there is nothing that mankind can do to reverse it. The only option is mitigation, which requires the cessation of adding even more CO2 into the environment, which would bring an end to modern industrial society.
GregT on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:08 pm
“What a stupid hot head.”
You’re projecting again Davy.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:13 pm
Delusional Davy “Translation.: Davy slammed my self-righteous vasectomy comment with a 2×4. Lol, Juan, you are easy to figure out. What a stupid hot head”
What self righteous shit are you talking about? The fact that I am proud I had a Vasectomy and no children and that I think that is the smartest choice I ever made? If that is being self righteous then I proudly am so, but I see it differently than your deluded mind does, of course, LOL! I have consumed less resources than my wealth allows me to all my life. How do I nullify anything by organic farming, community gardening, doing yoga, swimming, running, rafting, or kayak fishing? Do you realize how insane you sound and how illogical your comments are? You are grasping at straws, moron! God, you are pathetic!
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:26 pm
Good boy grehggie. You first actual topic based comment.
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:29 pm
Delusional Davy “Good boy grehggie. You first actual topic based comment.”
Good boy, Davy! Your first actual civil comment in hours! LOL!
Davy on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:31 pm
Juan, quit trying to rationalize being a playboy and acting like your little reproductive effort makes that ok. It doesn’t. You are consuming far in excess of what could be considered worthy of praise. You could live differently but you don’t because you like the playboy Miami Beach lifestyle. You are just a spoil brat saying nothing matters so I am going to live it up. What kind of praise does that deserve? Zero Juan .
JuanP on Mon, 18th Jun 2018 1:40 pm
Delusional Davy “Juan, quit trying to rationalize being a playboy and acting like your little reproductive effort makes that ok. It doesn’t. You are consuming far in excess of what could be considered worthy of praise. You could live differently but you don’t because you like the playboy Miami Beach lifestyle. You are just a spoil brat saying nothing matters so I am going to live it up. What kind of praise does that deserve? Zero Juan .”
More bullshit from the board’s bully! LOL! What am I consuming in excess exactly in your opinion, moron? The food I eat, the air I breathe? LOL! God, you are a fucked up lunatic. You are the most deranged person I have ever come across. You are beyond funny, you are hilarious! ROFLMFAO!