Droughts in India and Ethiopia: Real water crisis

Given the negative attitude of tens of thousands of Irish people to paying for water, it is worth looking at the plight of 300m people currently in the merciless grip of a severe drought in India which is facing its worst water crisis in years. 
Droughts in India and Ethiopia: Real water crisis

It means that one quarter of the population are in dire trouble because they do not have enough water. Admittedly, in this country the reverse is often the case because we tend to have too much water, with all that implies in terms of home-destroying floods — all because of global warming.

In Ethiopia people are also facing the worst drought in decades. Already, according to Laura Tuck of the World Bank, droughts have caused widespread crop failure, leading to food shortages which affect one in 10 people.

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