“India will feel the effects of global sooner than other countries. They have a perfect storm of different negative factors that will contribute to this…”
“The Indians are running into the same problem we did with waste to energy…it is not economically viable.”
India’s water table is declining rapidly, with over 60% of districts reporting falling groundwater levels, threatening food security and drinking water for 85% of rural households. Primarily driven by over-exploitation for irrigation (specifically water-intensive crops like paddy and sugarcane) and weak regulation, the crisis is most acute in northern, western, and southern regions