Drinking Water

asr: 10% of total Gloabal unsafe water in india, 1/3 or 33% of global do open defecate , what a sad story

These stats are as of March/2003 as reported in this URL

http://www.waterforum.jp/worldwaterforum3/themeWwf/en/sessionDetail.do{0id=59{9.html

1. Globally,1099 millions people lack access to safe water. In India, 125 million people lack access to safe water.
2. Globally,
   2403 million people defecate in the open. In India, 700 million people lack access to sanitation facilities & resort to defecate in the open.
3. Diarrhoea claims the lives of 2 million children around the world every year. In India, 1 million lose their lives to diarrhoea every year.

India is one among the developing countries facing serious drinking water problems. It was reported that a major freshwater crisis is gradually unfolding in India as a result of inadequate water management and environmental degradation by human action. Further nearly one million children in India die of diarrhoeal diseases each year directly as a result of drinking unsafe water and living in unhygienic conditions.

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see if these listed people have any INPUT in solving the issue

CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH RESEARCH (CCHR)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MOWR) CHAIRMAN ( GROUND WATER)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI Dr.SAUMITRA MUKHERJEE
CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH RESEARCH (CCHR) Mr. VIMAL MAMMEN CHERIAN
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA PROF. G. LASITHA/Dr. V. R. PRAKASM