{"id":35352,"date":"2018-06-22T05:35:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T10:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35352"},"modified":"2018-06-22T05:35:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T10:35:37","slug":"water-wars-india-facing-worst-crisis-in-its-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35352","title":{"rendered":"Water Wars: India Facing “Worst Crisis In Its History”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Water Wars: India Facing “Worst Crisis In Its History”<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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India is facing its worst-ever water crisis,<\/strong> with some 600 million people facing acute water shortage, a government think-tank says.<\/p>\n

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The Niti Aayog report<\/a>, which draws on data from 24 of India’s 29 states, says the crisis is “only going to get worse” in the years ahead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Around 200,000 Indians die every year because they have no access to clean water, <\/strong>according to the report. And as The BBC reports, <\/a>many end up relying on private water suppliers or tankers paid for the by the government. Winding queues of people waiting to collect water from tankers or public taps is a common sight in Indian slums.<\/p>\n

Indian cities and towns regularly run out water in the summer because they lack the infrastructure to deliver piped water to every home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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