인도·남아시아

Water scarcity is emerging as one of the most damaging issues of our time, conferring a slew of challenges that can no longer be ignored. Limited availability of water puts a chokehold on life as we know it, threatening the stability of fundamental fields, including, but not nearly limited to, public health, development, food security, sustainability, peace and sanitation. Detailed studies and investigations spanning the lifetime of EPW underscore the worsening nature of the water crisis facing India and the world, suggesting several practices in water management that bear the potential to reduce the severity of the crisis. These studies also attempt to solve the mystery of what underlies these debilitating water shortages in India, and why no government has been able to tackle it.