UN Water Development Report 2023
March 29 , 2023
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- On the eve of World Water Day, UN World Water Development Report 2023 was released.
- India is expected to be the most severely affected country by water scarcity by 2050.
- About 80% of the people living under water pressure are in Asia, especially northeast China, India and Pakistan.
- 26 per cent of the world's population do not have access to safe drinking water
- And 46 per cent lack access to basic sanitation.
- On average, “10% of the global population lives in countries with high or critical water stress”.
- Up to 3.5 billion people live under conditions of water stress at least one month a year.
- Globally, 80% of wastewater is released to the environment without any treatment.
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