In water-scarce regions, droughts pose a critical challenge to urban water security for low-income households. Droughts reduce water availability, forcing water providers to invest in additional supplies or implement costly short-term emergency measures.
A new UN study warns that around 3,700 dams in India will lose 26 per cent of their total water storage capacity by 2050 due to sediment accumulation. Due to this, water security, irrigation and electricity production can be affected in future.
All regions of the world experienced extreme events in their rainy cycles last year, in the form of floods and droughts, and billions of people had trouble accessing fresh water, according to the UN report.
The air is filled with the sweet fragrance of saffron. There are snow-capped mountains, fruit orchards and splendid lakes that take us back to the 16th century, when the Mughal emperor, Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir, described Kashmir as a paradise on earth.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization released a report warning that climatic changes will affect the availability, quality and quantity of water necessary for the needs of basic human rights
In March 2023, the long-awaited United Nations Water Conference will take place, 46 years after the first. From it will come to a roadmap and a schedule to ensure that humanity reaches 2030 with the human right to water and sanitation fulfilled for all.