Energy, food and leaky pipes: how to solve India's water crisis

Oct 1, 2019

A fisherman walks on the dry bed of the dry Usmansagar lake, on theoutskirts of Hyderabad, capital of the south Indian Andhra Pradesh state,May 31, 2003. Lives of several fishermen have been affected by the severeheat wave in south India which has claimed 513 lives in the last two weeks.Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto PP03060014 PP03060005 PP05080084 SC/CP - RP3DRIQNZVAB

Water shortages in India have been addressed by policy-makers - but what simpler solutions are on offer? Image: REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto

Ravichandran Purushothaman

President, Danfoss India

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