Jal Jeevan Mission, Amrit Sarovar Mission, and more exist to provide water and rejuvenate water bodies across India. The numbers on paper gauge India's great progress. However, urbanization has engulfed several lakes in the major Indian cities.

Between 1984 and 2019, the surface of lakes worldwide grew by more than 46,000 square kilometres, which is equivalent to more than half of Andalusia, increasing its greenhouse gas emissions.