Residents suspect that the water supply may be contaminated with sewage or other pollutants. Some have even reported finding fecal matter in their tap water, adding to their fears of contamination.
Climate change in the face of weak climate policy could dramatically reduce freshwater storage in the region, completely crippling water supplies, according to new research.
Until now, projections of climate impact on river flows were typically calculated using physical models, such as those reported by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
In the second most populous country in the world, home to 16% of the world’s population, more than 6% of its people lack access to safe drinking water. India has only 4% of the world’s freshwater resources.
Earth is the only planet known to us that has life. Amidst all the life-sustaining resources, water is the most precious. Every major civilization and cities are built near or around a water body.
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.
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