Delhi have sustainable policy and governance reform with technology interposition.
Delhi with 33.8 million people , and the second most popular city after Tokyo . Is again facing an extreme water shortage problem. Suprime court immediate intervention to resolve the water crisis . Delhi depends on it’s neighbouring states like Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, uttrakhand, haryana and uttar Pradesh meets around 90% of it’s drinking water. From delhi jal board there are four primary source – 40% from Yamuna, 25 % from Ganga and 22 % from Bhakra Nagal Dam and the left out 13% from tube wells and from rain .
Water shortage impacting lives and livelihoods: in this situation see women, children and young men risking their lives . In this situation water tankers at exorbitant rates
Shortage of water may create unhygiene and also bring social and economic problem. It’s also leads to surge in health care expenses . Many of individual miss their job and children miss their school.
Factors that Contributing Water Crisis:
- Pollution of water source
- Adverse impact of climate change
- Inter state water despute
Due to high level of groundwater extraction delhi area of 1,487.61 square kilometres is considered as over- exploited .
Delhi government has offten criticised the haryana goverment for realising less water than what it was agreed upon in 1994 MoU. In this haryana maintain that delhi is facing this problem due to internal mismanagement .
According to UN : It ensure that everyone get’s sufficient and safe acceptable and affordable water for personal use . SDG which aims that it ensure the substanable management of cleaning water and sanitation for all .The state is responsible for providing clean drinking water to the citizens .it ensure the adequate supply for residents of it’s capital.In this situation individual should have to use water carefully and don’t waste it and also use sustainable policy. It’s time for taking action to secure sustainable water future for delhi and it’s residents .