‘WATER FOR ALL’
Leave no one behind, join hands together and aim towards achieving safe and accessible drinking water facilities by 2030
Goal 6 under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) underline “Clean Water and Sanitation”. This may sound amusing to you as you take a sip of your tea, but millions of people in this world still remain far away from receiving clean water facilities. According to the United Nations (UN), in 2015, 29 per cent of the world population lacked safe drinking water supply, with a whopping 61 per cent not having access to safe sanitation services. Particularly in the Northern African and Western Asia region, 22 countries still suffer from a scarcity of water as the water stress level is above 70 per cent; this instils fear as substantial and clean water facilities remain a challenge to achieve in the near future. But with focused targets, follow prominent results, and eventually, we should create a possibility for every individual on the planet, leaving no one behind and provide water for everyone.
The SDG goal number 6 has never been clearer on their target – to provide water for everyone by 2030, which is not far away. Why is this important? Well, not every country in the world has enough water levels; with overpopulation, marginalised groups and even wastage of water, the very availability of this renewable but precious resource is reducing every single day. Apart from the elite members of society, we need to remember that we comprise of women, children, workers, and many other vulnerable groups that do not easily have safe access to water, or not having water facilities at all. This would result in malnutrition and gradual worsening of health, eventually leading to death.
Water is also not easily available due to dumping intoxicant materials in rivers and other water bodies, increasing pollution. However, this is something we, the inhabitants of the earth, have to take care of. Every global goal is achieved with the help of organisations and individuals. By joining hands together, we can even create the solution to providing water. 2030 is not far away, and with growing technological developments, there is much more to create and achieve, and distribute this resource throughout the world.
Apart from differences in ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, race and others, let’s stand on an equal platform, and help one another in providing water for all. Although there is a significant improvement in the implementation of water resources by 48 per cent, if everyone does not acquire the same resource, it is not the same: the global goals work towards achieving targets globally, and not simply in a few countries.
Today, World Water Day aims towards providing water for all. Nobody is to be left behind either during the attainment of this goal, or when this goal is achieved – for water as a valuable resource belongs to all.