Impending Water Crisis in India and Various River Disputes

A post after a loooong time! just started preparing for GD PI's . thought of posting my views on various topics......

let me first share my views about the water scarcity problem....
It is said that the third world war will be either because of oil or because of water. Water scarcity is hovering above us as the next big problem that we as a nation of second largest population or the world at large will face . It is being predicted that one day all the fresh water sources will die and we will have to survive only by treating sea water. Yes problems are many what is important is what we can do to overcome this and find a feasible solution.

1. we should start managing our water resources efficiently and effectively
2. recycling water used in industries
3. come up with a location specific solution
4. give awareness to panchayats and municipal bodies and encoourage them to come up with a better solution or region specific strategies, and let them carry out the operation on their own. We have the example of chennai - had a city based neighborhood based strategy.
   
5. rain water harvesting during the monsoon season.
   
6. privatization of water for augmentation, distribution , drainage, effluent treatment etc.
   

river disputes:

• indo-pak for indus river
• indo- bangladesh for ganga
• UP haryana delhi for yamuna
• karnataka TN for cauvery
• karntaaka AP maharashtra for krishna godavari
• punjab haryana for ravi-beas

The main reason of these conflicts is uneven distribution of rainfall in our country, some regions like brahmaputra and mahanadi basins face floods during monsoon while other regions face recurrent drought.
These conflicts are creating distrust and disharmony between the people of neighbouring areas.
Extreme delay in courts has a negative impact on economic growth, negotiations between the state government seldom work.
Therefore there should be clear laws or acts regarding water sharing between the states. A much contested solution is interlinking of rivers but is opposed because of high costs involved.