#MintPlainFacts | As #Bengaluru’s taps run dry, here’s a look at the extent of India’s problem—from groundwater table to poor quality, and unclean rivers to lack of access to drinking water. #BengaluruWaterCrisis
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#MintPlainFacts | An average Indian had access to 5,178 kilolitres of #water per year in 1951, but this sank to 1,651 kilolitres by 2011, giving India the ‘water-stressed’ status for the first time.
By 2051, this could fall to a mere 1,228 kilolitres, government estimates show.
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#MintPlainFacts | The groundwater levels in one in four districts of India are in either over-exploited, critical or semi-critical stage. In four north Indian states, the situation is particularly dire.
Just 8.7% of the districts in #Punjab, and 12.1% and 13.6% in #Rajasthan and #Haryana, respectively, are within the desired limits.
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#MintPlainFacts | The lack of good quality data has also hindered accurate assessment of groundwater quality.
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#MintPlainFacts | Nearly 46% of all rivers in India are polluted, according to the environment ministry.
Biochemical oxygen demand, which measures the concentration of oxygen dissolved in water and is an important indicator of water quality, was found to be within safe limits (less than 3 mg/litre) at only 1,130 out of the 1,920 (57%) locations on rivers across India, according to a 2022 CPCB report.
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