BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | India’s water use ‘unsustainable’
Posted on September 10th, 2009.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | India’s water use ‘unsustainable’.
According to a current article on the BBC’s Science and Envirement, “Parts of India are on track for severe water shortages, according to results from Nasa’s gravity satellites.”
The article further states that India is preparing to face even worse water shortages due to the increase demand for groundwater by the agriculture sector as they struggle to feed the nation’s 1.2 billion people.
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