A recent report by NITI Aayog, "By 2030, the country's water demand is projected to be twice the available supply, implying severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual 6 percent loss in the country's GDP. Currently, 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people die every year due to inadequate access to safe water," NITI Aayog mentioned in the report. It stressed that there is an imminent need to deepen understanding of water resources and usage. Citing data by agencies like Dalburg Analysis and UNICEF, the report said 40 percent of the population will have no access to drinking water by 2030 and 21 cities, including New Delhi, Bangalore, and Hyderabad will run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting 100 million people.
The main causes of Ganga pollution are the increase in the population density, the enhanced per capita pollutants discharged to the river and the meagre dry season water flows in the river due to upstream uses.
NAMO GANGE TRUST aims to reduce the amount of pollution in the environment by raising awareness about the true extent of Ganga pollution and its impacts.
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