Archive for October 27, 2011

Water Wars Erupt in India as Drought Threatens Population Survival

The drought in India has become so severe that people have begun literally fighting over water in many regions of the country, even murdering each other over the precious substance.

 

Northern India is in the grips of a drought so severe that in Bhopal, the City of Lakes, the government has been forced to ration water use to half an hour once per three days. Nearly two million people live in this massive city, where the 1,000-year old artificial Upper Lake has shrunk from 38 square kilometers (15 square miles) to a mere five square kilometers (two square miles).  Read more