supremos who construct buildings by filling
tuberculosis,
up wetlands. Like most other countries
urinary tract infection among others.
wetlands in India have little popular
(TOI, October 03, 2016)
constituency to force political decision in
World Water Day (International water
favour of conservation. There is no vote in
portal)
wetlands.
The UN General Assembly designated
I had been with the process of regulation
March 22 (1992) as World Water Day.
making since late 90s as a member of
Every year on that particular date people
national wetland committee (which changed
worldwide
its title quite a few times in the last few
programmes to raise public awareness about
decades). Things are revolving around the
what many believe to be the world’s most
same statics of immobility and will continue
serious health issue – unsafe and inadequate
to do so unless we have a powerful
water supplies – and to promote the
implementing
conservation and development of global
agency
for
wetland
pneumonia,
participate
in
cholera
events
and
and
conservation.”
water resources. More than a billion people,
NEWS:-
i.e. almost 1/5th of world’s population, lack
Ganga Water has a healing touch
access to safe drinking water and 40% lack
Scientists from the Institute of Microbial
access to basic sanitation, according to 2nd
Technology,
UN World Water Development Report.
Chandigarh
validated
that
Ganga water does not get polluted easily
World Oc