#World Water Day: Will Bengaluru’s taps run dry in next few years?

A new Unesco report published just ahead of World Water Day on March 22 said that water crisis will intensify across India by 2050. The report also says south and central India will experience high levels of risk from poor water quality in its river basins by 2050. Also, a BBC report has put Bengaluru among the 11 world cities likely to run out of drinking water in the next decade or so. So, is Indian staring at deepening water crisis? How serious is the problem and what steps are needed to tackle the situation? A HT report.