Dr. VK Bahuguna

  India’s Quest for combating water crisis: Problems and Prospects By Dr VK Bahuguna (The author is former Director-general of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education)   Water is fundamental for sustaining life on planet Earth both for the plant as well as animal kingdoms. The animal bodies constitute about 70% water and liquid and in case of plant the water constitute up to about 90% depending upon the type of plant species.   This year the theme of International water day on 22 nd March 2024 is “ Leveraging water for peace ” . It has aptly come at a time when the world is facing wars between Russia and Ukraine as also between Hamas and Israel. Word need peace and the water is one resource which may lead to wars between communities and countries.     Without water there is no life but in today’s world of increasing population, climatic vagaries humanity is facing severe water shortage all over the world. Due to mismanagement of water resource...