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Water Quality Index – India ranks 120: 70 percent contaminated
December 16 , 2019
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- Niti Aayog published a report “Composite Water Management Index”.
- The report mentions that India is placed at 120th amongst 122 countries in the Water Quality Index, with nearly 70% of water being contaminated.
- Niti Aayog report has mentioned that 21 major cities are expected to run out of groundwater by 2020.
- This is based on the estimates of annual groundwater replenishment and its extraction.
- Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is a time-bound campaign to improve water availability including groundwater conditions.
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