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As India&rsquo;s water crisis gets visibly worse with every passing summer, it is clear that the bureaucracy and policymakers are not working to find immediate and long-term solutions. This time, the apathy seems to have worsened due to the ongoing elections. In Maharashtra and Kerala, for instance, the administrations have taken refuge in the &lsquo;model code of conduct&rsquo; for not taking steps to arrange for drinking water or fodder camps. Despite the fact that Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have declared many of their districts as drought hit, the requisite steps such as providing drinking water and work under MGNREGA have yet to pick up. It hasn&rsquo;t helped that the Centre altered the drought manual in 2016, making the parameters for declaring drought more stringent. This has reduced the scope for Central assistance. Surprisingly, the NITI Aayog, which brought out its &lsquo;Composite Water Management Index&rsquo; last June and flagged the calamitous situation with respect to water, has not intervened in the interest of &lsquo;cooperative federalism&rsquo;. After having rightly identified that &ldquo;600 million people face high-to-extreme water stress; 75 per cent of households do not have drinking water on premises; and 70 per cent of our water is contaminated&rdquo;, it could have initiated an action plan &mdash; instead of being content with merely ranking States on their performance in water management. With well-endowed States such as Himachal Pradesh and Kerala facing water scarcity, it is obvious that the current apathy cannot continue. It must be realised that while droughts bring upon a water crisis, floods do not necessarily mitigate it. The last four years have seen deficit monsoon and post-monsoon (October-December) rainfall. Erratic rainfall, in terms of spatial and temporal distribution, must be accepted as a norm. <br />
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-The Hindu Business Line Distracted by elections, the country’s alarming water crisis has been overlooked As India’s water crisis gets visibly worse with every passing summer, it is clear that the bureaucracy and policymakers are not working to find immediate and long-term solutions. This time, the apathy seems to have worsened due to the ongoing elections. In Maharashtra and Kerala, for instance, the administrations have taken refuge in the ‘model code of conduct’ for not taking steps to arrange for drinking water or fodder camps. Despite the fact that Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have declared many of their districts as drought hit, the requisite steps such as providing drinking water and work under MGNREGA have yet to pick up. It hasn’t helped that the Centre altered the drought manual in 2016, making the parameters for declaring drought more stringent. This has reduced the scope for Central assistance. Surprisingly, the NITI Aayog, which brought out its ‘Composite Water Management Index’ last June and flagged the calamitous situation with respect to water, has not intervened in the interest of ‘cooperative federalism’. After having rightly identified that “600 million people face high-to-extreme water stress; 75 per cent of households do not have drinking water on premises; and 70 per cent of our water is contaminated”, it could have initiated an action plan — instead of being content with merely ranking States on their performance in water management. With well-endowed States such as Himachal Pradesh and Kerala facing water scarcity, it is obvious that the current apathy cannot continue. It must be realised that while droughts bring upon a water crisis, floods do not necessarily mitigate it. The last four years have seen deficit monsoon and post-monsoon (October-December) rainfall. Erratic rainfall, in terms of spatial and temporal distribution, must be accepted as a norm. Please click here to read more.