Water Crisis and Rain Harvesting
Published: Jul 31, 2009
Photo: Prasad
Abstract: The water situation in India needs serious reckoning. Per capita availability of utilisable water was 3450 cubic meters in 1951 which fell to 1250 in 1999. And according to the Ministry of Water Resources, it is expected to further decrease to 662 cubic meters per person in 2050.
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