What a water-wise city would look like – and how India can get there
The article argues that Indian cities must adopt 'water-wise' planning to combat future water shortages and climate-related risks. It suggests integrating water management into urban master plans, utilizing blue-green infrastructure, and learning from international models like Melbourne and Singapore.
Urban India’s water emergency will not be fixed by better crisis management alone. Over the coming decades, hundreds of millions more people will live and work in Indian cities, driving a sharp increase in the urban water demand. And unless we change how we design, finance, and govern water systems, we will simply scale up today’s shortages, floods and contamination problems.
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