The search for jobs fuels population growth of at least 500,000 per year in India's capital city of New Delhi. Access to drinking water is a daily scramble.
India's Growing Population Strains Water Supply
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Published December 29, 2010
In New Delhi, a rising population is straining water resources, making having enough of the basic resource anything but guaranteed.
Groundwater reserves are dwindling due to economic growth, and subsidies to farmers make water cheap, exacerbating the problem.
This piece is part of a reporting collaboration on population issues between PBS NewsHour, National Geographic, and the Pulitzer Center.
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Fred de Sam Lazaro is director of the Project for Under-Told Stories at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, a program that combines international journalism and teaching. He has served with The...
