Water War in the offing (Page 44)

There will be a crisis in the world, much graver than the crude oil problem. Some time back, an international seminar was organised at Bonn, Germany, where 3000 delegates from 130 countries were present. In the seminar, some startling observations were made that water will be sold the way crude is sold through tanker and pipelines in the 21st century. Wars are being waged over crude. Similarly there will be wars fought over water.

130 crore people of the world are deprived of clean potable water. This scarcity of water led to business of mineral and packaged drinking water flourishing. Every day, about 6000 die of water-borne diseases. There are as many deaths due to consumption of contaminated water as there were during terrorist attacks on the twin towers. The water crisis in India is extremely serious.

97% of water reserve on earth is salty sea waters. 2.5% of the balance 3% is stored in the shape of icebergs in the arctic region. This leaves us with just .5% drinkable water.

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