Paper in India: the Urban Transition – a Case Study of Development Urbanism, 2014.
By Henrik Valeur, 2013
According to the “Performance Audit of Water Pollution in India” by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India:
“Water contamination weakens or destroys natural ecosystems that support human health, food production and biodiversity. Water-borne diseases kill millions people […]. Livelihoods such as agriculture, fishing and animal husbandry are affected by poor water quality”.
“Presently, only about 10 per cent of the waste water generated is treated; the rest is discharged as it is into our water bodies”.