We all live downstream

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We all live downstream [1]

When the first set of detailed data from Census 2011, Houses, Households Amenities and Assets, was released a couple of weeks ago, there was much flinching at the fact that around half of all Indians still defecate in the open. The census data also showed that piped and treated drinking water is presently enjoyed by just a third of Indian households.

Now, the aim of providing sanitation and piped drinking water for all will demand increasing allocations. But the CSE report Excreta Matters: How urban India is soaking up water, polluting rivers and drowning in its own excreta shows that mere money just can’t solve the problem.

Publication Date:

29/03/2012

Author(s): Renuka Bisht [2]

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi) [3]

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Census 2011 [4], Drinking Water [5], River Pollution [6], CSE Study [7], Water Supply [8], Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) [9], Yamuna [10], Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) [11], Pollution Control [12], Delhi [13], Mithi [14], Mumbai [15], Sewage [16], Groundwater [17], Water Resources [18], CSE [19], Sanitation [20], Water Pollution [21]

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