World Bank finds India a water-stressed nation, with 18% of the world’s population and just 4% of its water.
Niti Aayog warns that 21 Indian cities could run out of groundwater as early as 2030.
The 30 Indian cities that will face a ‘grave water risk’ by 2050 according to WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature):
1. Jaipur
2.Indore
3.Thane
4.Vadodara
5.Srinagar
6.Rajkot
7.Kota
8.Nashik
9.Visakhapatnam
10.Bengaluru
11.Kolkata
12.Ahmedabad
13.Jabalpur
14.Mumbai
15.Lucknow
16.Hubli-Dharwad
17.Nagpur
18.Chandigarh
19.Amritsar
20.Ludhiana
21.Jalandhar
22.Pune
23.Dhanbad
24.Bhopal
25.Gwalior
26.Surat
27.Delhi
28.Aligarh
29.Kozhikode
30.Kannur
WWF provides an online tool called the WWF Water Risk Filter to help cities imagine future water risks and plan a better and sustainable future facilitating climate and water resilience.