India nears "Day Zero"!

The shocking statistics released by the World's Resource institute's Aqueduct water risk atlas says that India and other vulnerable nations are nearing to the scenes of "Day Zero" as the ground water and rain water level had seen drastic decline which had pictured hectares of dry lands remains in thirst.

The statistics further added that nearly one third of the World's population sheltered in 17 countries have brought under the lens of Day zero for facing high to extremely high water stress and India had spotted in 13th position in the list of these 17 countries which had unleashed the fear and uncertainty among its people over the countries mechanisms to counter such thirst calamity.

It has been reported that these top countries which are in verge of hosting Day Zero are drinking 80% of its  available ground water resources to the agriculture, municipalities and industries where India had seen dispatching most of its ground water to irrigation. The statistics alarmingly had reported that the states of Northern India are facing series of exhaustion in its water levels.

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The data had listed out Indian states which are under series and devastating water stress where one of the Union territories Chandigarh tops the table followed by the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttarkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. These Indian states will account for nearly half of the nation's population and the unprecedented water stress in these states deepens the fear and unrest over the alternative ways and mechanism to tackle when and if such situation of Day Zero rocks the states.

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On enlarging the list, the water risk atlas had listed out the names of 17 countries which are under severe and unseen water stress which won't be welcomed by the people. Qatar, alarmingly occupied the first spot followed by Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, Libya ,Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Eritrea, UAE, San Marino, Bahrain, India, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Oman and Botswana have accompanied each other in the life time risk of facing Day Zero.

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While speaking on this fearful statistics, Andrew Steer, the Chief executive of World Resource Institute has labeled the water stress is the biggest crisis and raised concern over not having efficient talks and action plans among the nations on tackling the issue which will form food insecurity, conflict and migration and financial instability.

 

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