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24/03/23 07:12 AM IST

India Expected To Face Severe Water Scarcity By 2050: UN Report

In News
  • India is expected to be the most severely affected nation by water scarcity by 2050, a UN report said.
Major Highlights
  • The report highlights that approximately 80% of people living under water stress are in Asia, specifically northeast China, India, and Pakistan.
  • The projected global urban population facing water scarcity is expected to increase from 933 million in 2016 to between 1.7-2.4 billion people by 2050, with India being projected to be the most severely affected.
Global Crisis
  • The report also highlighted that globally, two billion people do not have safe drinking water, and 3.6 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation.
  • The increasing demand for water due to overconsumption and overdevelopment, unsustainable water use, pollution, and unchecked global warming are identified as the main drivers of this crisis.
Recommendations
  • Partnerships and cooperation are identified as essential to integrated approaches to water management, given that water is a cross-cutting issue.
  • The report stresses the importance of addressing the water-energy-food nexus in a transboundary context.
  • One example of such cooperation highlighted in the report is the transboundary water cooperation arrangement established by the Mahakali Treaty between India and Nepal.
Source- India Today

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