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Indian cities are water-starved cities, not rain-starved cities.

Publication: International Peace Update
Publication Date: 22-JUN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Indian cities are water-starved cities, not rain-starved cities.(WATER)

Article Excerpt
Water crisis is emerging into one of the major global concerns today. Drought and flood visit one after the other with equal severity to inflict suffering on the masses at different places. We get a lot of rain, yet we do not have water. Why? We have more water on earth than land. In India, Cherrapunji, which receives about 11,000 mm of rainfall annually, suffers from acute shortage of drinking water. Another Indian City from south, Chennai, receives annual rainfall in the range of 1200--1300 mm. This is higher compared to the India's average rainfall of 800 mm. However, this...



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