22 of India's 32 big cities face acute water crisis

摘要

Water scarcity is fast becoming urban India's number one woe, with government's own data revealing that residents in 22 out of 32 major cities have to deal with daily shortages. The worst-hit city is Jamshedpur, where the gap between demand and supply is a yawning 70%. The crisis is acute in Kanpur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Meerut, Faridabad, Visakhapatnam, Madurai and Hyderabad where supply fails to meet almost 30% of the demand according to data provided by states which was placed in the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded Parliament session by the urban Development Ministry.