WATER SCARCITY IN INDIA

INTRODUCTION

Water scarcity is the main problem in India.Water scarcity  is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year.The reduction of water scarcity  is a goal of many countries and governments.

water scarcity involves water stress, water shortage or deficits, and water crisis. This may be due to both nature and humans. Main factors that contribute to this issue include poor management  of resources, lack of government attention, and man-made waste .
 18 percent of the world's population which resides in India only has access to 4 percent of usable water sources. Official data in the past decade depicts how annual per ca-pita availability of water in the country has plummeted significantly with 163 million Indians lacking access to safe drinking water .
Water scarcity   is the lack of fresh water  resources to meet water demand . It affects every continent and was listed in 2015 by the World Economic Forum  as the largest global risk  in terms of potential impact over the next decade.
 It is manifested by partial or no satisfaction of expressed demand, economic competition for water quantity or quality, disputes between users, irreversible depletion of ground water , and negative impacts on the . One-third of the global population live under conditions of severe water scarcity at least 1 month of the year. Half a billion people in the world face severe water scarcity all year round. 
Half of the world’s largest cities  experience water scarcity.
A significant portion of water used for industrial and domestic needs of the people.

CONCLUSION
Water scarcity is really an urgent problem for our earth. The population explosion has brought larger demand for water than ever before. Therefore, it is time to act. If new technologies are adopted and policies are carried out, water scarcity can be slowed down.



DATE :08/03/2019
 SOURCE : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity