10 Amazing Facts about water crisis

🌕 Nearly 2 lakh people die every year in India because of consuming contaminated drinking water.

🌕 A 2018 paper published in the Journal Of Hydrology by IIT Indore researchers found that only about 32% of India’s landmass is resilient to water stress during

the course of a single dry season.

🌕 India, the world's largest groundwater consumer uses around 230 cubic kilometres of groundwater in a year.

🌕 According to NITI Aayog, Groundwater which is the source of 40% of India's water needs is depleting at an unsustainable rate.

🌕 India, the world's largest groundwater consumer uses around 230 cubic kilometres of groundwater accounting for 12% of global groundwater extraction in a year. At this rate by 2030, nearly 60% of India's aquifers will be in a critical state.

🌕 Out of total available groundwater of 253 BCM (billion cubic metres), agriculture (irrigation) alone consumes around 90%

🌕 Groundwater resources are overexploited in nearly 17% of total assessment units (blocks, talukas, watersheds etc) in the country : Jal Shakthi ministry

🌕 Nearly 13.8 crore household that comprise 16 crore people lack access to safe drinking water.

🌕 Niti Aayog's Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) report, pointed out that the country's water demand is predicted to be twice the supply available,

implying a subsequent 6% loss in GDP.

🌕 Forest Fires -- According to World Bank report Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India:

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