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Water Pollution & Crisis
2.2 billion people lack safe water; Ganga and Yamuna among world's most polluted rivers
Global ๐ 1972 Pollution
Key Facts
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Clean Water Act (USA, 1972) and National Water Policy (India, 2012) framework for water protection
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India: Ganga Action Plan (1986), Namami Gange (2015) โน20,000 crore to clean Ganga river
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Jal Jeevan Mission (India): tap water connection to all rural households by 2024; covers 70% so far
๐ฟ Did you know? Only 3% of Earth's water is fresh; of that, 69% is locked in glaciers and ice caps โ only 0.3% is accessible surface water in rivers and lakes
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Pollution
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1972
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2.2 billion people lack safe water