Economic Times carried an article on 2 March 2012 by Brahma Chellaney, a Strategic Affairs Analyst tiltled 'India's looming water crisis' where he pointed out that growing water shortages carry economic risks in terms of droughts and floods and the need to double India's annual grain production to more than 450 million tonnes to meet the demands of increasing prosperity and a growing population. Without expanding its irrigated land and adopting new plant varieties and farming techniques, India is likely to become a Net Food Importer in the coming years-a development that will roil the already tight international food markets.
My Views
With the demographics and statistics that India has, its quite clear that seeing only the rising prices and inflation scenarios do not have much of an effect. When the Government cannot do anything, NGOs are not allowed to do, Companies and Corporations do not feel the need to do, it boils to the individual to save water by not wasting it wherever and whenever possible.
I think. its not always possible to go back to water harvesting methods in our 'busy' lives, but atleast, we could do our bit, not just for the conservation of the environment but also for economic properity. After all, water is a strategic resource.
