‘India is drowning in its own excreta’ (The Hindu)
“Sixty per cent of the ‘global total’ who do not have access to toilets live in India, and hence are forced to defecate in the open. In actual numbers, sixty per cent translates to 626 million. This makes India the number one country in the world where open defecation is practised. Indonesia with 63 million is a far second! [...]
“‘Leaking and incomplete sewage systems contaminate rivers and lakes, causing diseases like cholera,’ notes Nature. ‘Around 97 million Indians do not have access to clean drinking water.’ The problem arises due to contamination of drinking water by leaked sewage. Sewage inevitably pollutes water bodies, both surface and aquifers.”
All I can say is that India can never hope for redemption.Not in a thousand years!!
Posted by: Rama Murthy | May 04, 2013 at 02:20 AM