Conservation - Reducing Water Usage

The entries should deal with urban and industrial issues of environmental protection and management. Entries related to water and climate change – and presenting positive examples, possibilities and solutions - are encouraged. All entries must be clearly associated to India. 

Increasing urbanization in India has led to soaring freshwater demands and has hence resulted in large amounts of wastewater generation. This water crisis is mainly a consequence of the current water management regime which focuses on centralized water management. We need to implement sustainable and affordable decentralised water management practices to contain this crisis.

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“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” ― Benjamin Franklin

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The rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN

1999 was an interesting real estate year for Mehdiganj village in Uttar Pradesh. Someone began buying up land adjoining a soft drink factory owned by the Parle Company. They also began buying land from the farmers except the farmers had no idea as to whom they were selling the land to. As the boundary wall rose up, problems arose too.

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The recent World Water Development Report by the United Nations has projected that India's demand for water is likely to surpass availability by 2050.