And here in the US we're allowing fracking to pollute our deep water wells because "it's not financially viable to use that water for drinking anyway".
Let's pretend that it will NEVER be financially viable because it isn't right now!
Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
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Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#42While no one can deny the effects of changing climate, why has no one brought up the piss-poor management of the water they DO have? The river is used for drinking, as an open toilet AND as a 'burial' ground and people seem confused as to why it doesn't support the life it once did - and people mention it as an AFTERTHOUGHT. ah - we don't want to insult their culture, now do we? Come on. If you're going to address th…
> we don't want to insult their culture, now do we?
Please do. Sometimes it takes someone outside of a system to see how flawed a system is.
Also, it sometimes gives ammunition to people trying to bring about change ( 'Even foreigners think xyz is bad' ).
As an Indian citizen I feel people outside should be allowed to criticize India.
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
No one is confused about the death of the river. The problem is clearly with Indian people itself, including me. There is a lot going on at the ground level and there is a lot more that should be done. I used to be as exasperated as you, but I have come to peace that this is all attributable to poverty. You cannot expect "rational" behaviour from people fighting for their next meal? As average incomes grow, people ar…
India is the richest country in the world. You don't grow to 1.3 billion people because your hungry and poor or don't have resources. How could a people even breed themselves to 1.3 billion with the lack of resources? These stories are someones fabrication. There is plenty of water in India or their population wouldn't be growing.
"India is the richest country in the world."
Using what measure? Using total GDP it seems to be 8th or 9th (behind, for example, Italy) and per capita it is pretty low 120th or worse.
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
No one is confused about the death of the river. The problem is clearly with Indian people itself, including me. There is a lot going on at the ground level and there is a lot more that should be done. I used to be as exasperated as you, but I have come to peace that this is all attributable to poverty. You cannot expect "rational" behaviour from people fighting for their next meal? As average incomes grow, people ar…
India is the richest country in the world. You don't grow to 1.3 billion people because your hungry and poor or don't have resources. How could a people even breed themselves to 1.3 billion with the lack of resources? These stories are someones fabrication. There is plenty of water in India or their population wouldn't be growing.
1+ billion poor people means wealth in aggregate, but each of those poor people are going to be making very short term choices.
EX: Corruption is a great exmaple of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#45I'm not going to read the article because the question as a title suggests to me that the journalist could have done more research.
That aside, this reminds me of the UK which regularly has floods in winter, and droughts in summer. Now if we have too much water in one season, and too little water in another, surely it's not too hard to figure out a common solution to both. I call it a "dam". Are there reasons the UK doesn't do this? Too much focus on trains?
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah - the name calling... did you even READ the article? have you done ANY research outside of a reddit thread? or are you just a troll? Here's an article for you. It even has pictures so you can follow along. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/photos/photos-of-the-dead-in-...
Did you READ "the article"? Where it talks about "using the river as a burial ground"?
second paragraph down - "For the vast majority of the poor, however, their bodies are floated into the Ganges, exposed to the elements."
now, if you want to be pedantic, no - they did not use the term "burial ground". That was me being nice and not saying "cesspool".
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah - the name calling... did you even READ the article? have you done ANY research outside of a reddit thread? or are you just a troll? Here's an article for you. It even has pictures so you can follow along. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/photos/photos-of-the-dead-in-...
Did you READ "the article"? Where it talks about "using the river as a burial ground"?
>"All of them said there had been a reduction in water levels over the years. Also when we were sailing on the Ganges, we did not find a single turtle. The river was so dirty that it stank. There were effluents, sewage and dead bodies floating," says Mr Theophilus.
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
India is the richest country in the world. You don't grow to 1.3 billion people because your hungry and poor or don't have resources. How could a people even breed themselves to 1.3 billion with the lack of resources? These stories are someones fabrication. There is plenty of water in India or their population wouldn't be growing.
"India is the richest country in the world." Using what measure? Using total GDP it seems to be 8th or 9th (behind, for example, Italy) and per capita it is pretty low 120th or worse.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325502/Map-shows-wo...
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#49While no one can deny the effects of changing climate, why has no one brought up the piss-poor management of the water they DO have? The river is used for drinking, as an open toilet AND as a 'burial' ground and people seem confused as to why it doesn't support the life it once did - and people mention it as an AFTERTHOUGHT. ah - we don't want to insult their culture, now do we? Come on. If you're going to address th…
No one is confused about the death of the river. The problem is clearly with Indian people itself, including me. There is a lot going on at the ground level and there is a lot more that should be done. I used to be as exasperated as you, but I have come to peace that this is all attributable to poverty. You cannot expect "rational" behaviour from people fighting for their next meal? As average incomes grow, people ar…
>> I used to be as exasperated as you, but I have come to peace that this is all attributable to poverty.
I think it's all due to overpopulation - which it can be argued is a result of poverty too. As long as the world refuses to address exponential population growth, we will continue to run into resource shortages on this finite planet.
Re: Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
#50And Indian regime is giving just 18% credit to farmers;
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/may/18/psu-banks-fail...