Liquid ambitions
Bureaucrat Bharat Lal and water conservationist Rajendra Singh debate India's water crisis and ways to improve water access.
Rajendra Singh and Bharat Lal; (Photo by Chandradeep Kumar)
New Delhi,ISSUE DATE: Oct 25, 2021 | UPDATED: Oct 16, 2021 00:36 IST
Changing weather patterns and recurrent droughts have left 250 of India’s 700 districts with ‘critical’ or ‘overexploited’ groundwater levels. Yet the Jal Jeevan Mission aims to proÂvide tap water conÂnections to every household. BureauÂcrat Bharat Lal and water conÂserÂvaÂtiÂonist Rajendra Singh debate India’s water crisis and ways to improve water access.