785 million lack the easy access to basic drinking water .
673 million people (9% of the global population) still practice open defecation ( 2017)
The majority of them ARE in Southern Asia
Praised by the world but lesser by Indians
Majority of the people in the world of literature did not take due note when Rabindranath Tagore wrote Geetanjali. But when that poetry was published in London, the world of literature went on to shower praise on the ‘poetic thought of Tagore’. Then he became the first Indian to get Nobel Prize in the literature. …
PM Modi lays foundation stone for Manipur Water Supply Project
Mahatma Gandhi said ‘ The earth, the air, the land, and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children’. So, we have to return it to nature with interest. Jal Jeevan Mission by PM Modi is that interest. It was launched in the country with a target of providing piped water …
Namami Gange – Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission
The River Ganga is important not only for its cultural and spiritual significance but also because it hosts more than 40% of the country’s population. Addressing the Indian community at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2014, the Prime Minister had said, “If we are able to clean it, it will be a huge …