Is Water Problem in India Growing at an Alarming Rate

Q: I have travelled few cities in India and noticed India is facing water problem. Currently I am staying in (BTM Layout) Bangalore where I face the same problem. Can anyone here tell me which are the cities having water problems and what are the possible cause of water problem?

Abhishek Kumar, Apartment Resident

12th March 2015

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Now a days many country is facing water problem in which India is also one of them. Well Richa you have asked about what are the solutions of water problem. So I have mentioned few points below. Hope so it can help you.

Points on How to solve water problem.
1. Plantation of trees: As we know trees are very essential to life. It is one of the first and best solution to resolve water problem. We should plant more number of trees because it increases soil permeability which results in reduced surface runoff, Soil Erosion, Wind erosion.

2. Rainwater Harvesting: It is very essential in todays environment. Every individual houses, apartments should have rain water harvesting system installed and operational.

3. Water Reservoirs: More numbers of water reservoirs can be created across country.

4. Dam Construction: Construction of dam where ever required especially where people face water crisis.

Rajeev, Jamshedpur

26th March 2015

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Hello @Rajeev, You have described about possible causes of water problem in India but you haven't talked about how to solve it?

Richa Shukla,

26th March 2015

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There are many cities in India having water problems but also there are cities which have extra supply too.

Cities with Water Problem:
Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Meerut, Faridabad, Visakhapatnam, Madurai and Hyderabad, Greater Mumbai and Delhi.

Cities with extra supply of water:
Nagpur, Punjab, Ludhiana, Vadodara, Rajkot, Kolkata, Allahabad and Nasik

Problems of Water Scarcity:
1) Rise in Population of Cities
2) Gap between supply and demand
3) Geographical Condition
4) Drought
5) Surface Run-off

let's say a city has demand of 3000 million litres of water but the supply is only 2500 Million litres. But there are possibilities that around 20% of supply is lost in distribution which again creates a large gap between demand and supply

With the increasing immigrant working population in metro cities, this phenomena is also leading to a wider demand supply gap causing serious water supply problems in these cities.

Rajeev, Jamshedpur

12th March 2015

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@Rajeev, Hey I think you have missed out Bangalore because bangalore has been facing water problem issue from a long time. Most of the areas in Bangalore get supply of water from Cauvery but there are still few areas where Cauvery water supply has not yet reached.
Also you have mentioned about "Increasing Immigrant". But this applies in Metro cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. In Bangalore cauvery has almost covered around 95% of areas are being covered by Cauvery water in Greater Bangalore.

Richa Shukla,

12th March 2015

Hmm!! Yeah, Most of the cities in India have water crisis. 70% of the cities face water problems in India. The major cause of water problem is depleting water table and mixing of harmful chemical with the underground water table.

Richa Shukla,

12th March 2015

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