Water Scarcity
Drinking Water in Rural India Shortage of adequate water in rural India is a perennial problem. As per latest data, almost one fifth of rural habitations did not get the minimum entitled quantity of water (40 litres per capita per day or two buckets a day). This shortage is aggravated in the dry season. Every year, with the start of summer, media reports of intensifying drinking water crisis from different parts of the country start pouring in. For a couple of months, if not more, a large proportion of the Indian population—the rural population, in particular,—faces a severe scarcity of drinking water. During this period, millions of rural people and livestock fight a battle for survival. This summer is no exception, and the situation is bad on account of deficiency of rain last year and drought-like situation in various par...