These villages supplying the city are running dry – a crisis repeated across the country.
NAVINWADI, India - Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water are running dry – a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
Large-scale infrastructure for Mumbai includes reservoirs connected by canals and pipelines channelling water from 100km away. In the peak of summer, 35-year-old Ms Satgir said she can spend up to six hours a day fetching water.Villagers carry water pots in the Shahapur district of India’s Maharashtra state, amid an ongoing heatwave. PHOTO: AFP
Mumbai is India’s second-biggest and rapidly expanding city, with an estimated population of 22 million. Government authorities, both at the state level and in New Delhi, say they are committed to tackling the problem and have announced repeated schemes to address the water crisis.Fatal heatwaves are testing India’s ability to protect 1.4 billion peopleIn a July 2023 report, India’s government-run Niti Aayog public policy centre forecasts a “steep fall of around 40 per cent in freshwater availability by 2030”.
It is a story repeated across India, said Mr Himanshu Thakkar from the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, a Delhi-based water rights campaign group.
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