'Let us pledge to save every drop of water', says Narendra Modi on World Water Day
World Water Day is observed on March 22.
On World Water Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the countrymen to pledge to save every drop of the precious natural resource.
A UNICEF report released on the day to create awareness revealed close to 600 million children will by 2040 live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040.
The report also warned of the threat, exacerbated by climate change, to children's lives due to the lack of safe water.
A United Nations (UN) report released on Wednesday said that 80% of the world's wastewater is discharged into the environment without any treatment.