District Water Safety and Security Planning – Banaskantha District (Gujarat)
The World Health Organization estimates that contaminated drinking water causes 502,000 diarrheal deaths each year and that by 2025, half of the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas. Rapid growth of urban population has serious repercussions on water safety and security in the cities. Maharashtra witnessed water being delivered through trains in 2016. Over the years, more and more cities have become dependent on water being fetched or delivered from far off-regions. This creates ecological imbalance and huge public cost, leading to inequitable distribution of competing resource- water. A paradigm shift in urban water management and planning is needed to avoid reaching day zero and securing the resources for future generation.
