why our water makes us cry?
cute shortages, increased demand, huge damages due to annual floods and droughts, and extreme contamination define the looming water scarcity
Between 2010 and 2050, water demand to zoom by 65-80%
2025 2050IrrigationPotable IndustryEnergy Others IrrigationPotableIndustryEnergy OthersSource: India Environment PortalDemand (Water Ministry) Demand (National Commission on Water)hectares of farmland; impacted 18.64 million people
Non-irrigated areas still
more than the irrigated areastates/uts Irrigated
areaNon-irrigated
area
Andhra Pradesh 4,095 4,032
Assam 375 3,725
Chhattisgarh 1,751 3,947
Gujarat 5,943 6,545
Karnataka 4,112 8,155
Kerala 468 2,149
Madhya Pradesh 9,919 14,128
Maharashtra* 4,556 18,772
Odisha 1,505 3,663
Rajasthan 9,865 16,255
Tamil Nadu 3,311 2,587
Telangana 3,164 3,124
INDIa 95,772 1,05,087All figures are in ’000 hectare
*The figures related to irrigated area are either
estimated based on the data for the latest
available year received from the state/UTs or
estimated/taken from agriculture census
Source: Union ministry of agriculture
and farmers welfareDamage to crops (million hectare) human lives lostSource: Union ministry of water resourcesGrouNDwater taBle oF INDIa
600 million people face extreme-to-high water stress
over 70% of the states treat less than half of their water
waste, and the treatment capacities vary widelylarge portions of areas in the north, west and
south are water-stressed; have low groundwater levelsIndia is ranked 120 among 122 countries in
terms of water quality index75% of the country’s households don’t have
drinking water on their premises; the figure is a
higher 84% in rural areasHigh High
to
mediumMedium
to lowLowExtremely
lowArid & low
water useNo
dataSource: NITI Aayog1,420
2016
1,420
20152,014
2017
6.65
2016
3.37
20155.10
2017910
6111072
807(^7362)
102 111
23
63 6781
15 33
130
72 80 70 70111
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200
400
1000
Figures are in
billion cu m/year