WATER SCARCITY

In 2010, the world achieved a milestone: five years ahead of schedule, the Millennium Development Goal of giving access to clean water was achieved. In 20 years some 2 billion people gained access to clean water. But the decade had another daunting challenge of providing clean water to additional 2.1 people. “Day Zero” became a reality that hundreds of towns and cities across the world dread now. The world had never before debated an abundant natural resource like this. More than oil, conflicts were being analysed from water perspective. India emerged as a global hot spot for being the largest user of water, more of groundwater, the nature’s provident fund of life-saving reserve.