How these startups are helping stem the water crisis in India
As groundwater levels fall, and metros, towns, and villages across India face chronic water scarcity, we list five startups that are on a mission to help us conserve our most precious resource: water.;
- The issue of water scarcity affects every family, but wastage also begins from every household.
- Shutterstock)The 2018 UNESCO World Water Development report, meanwhile, predicted an intensified water crisis across the country by 2050, with many parts of central India likely to face a withdrawal of 40 percent of the renewable surface water resources.
- In 2013, the government announced a master plan for artificial recharge of ground water, aiming to construct 1,110 million artificial recharge structures at an estimated cost of Rs 79,178 crore, but the plan is yet to be implemented.
- Enter a slew of startups that are approaching builders and housing societies and getting people to track water usage autonomously and save consumption.
- Since its launch in 2017, SmarterHomes claims to have sold 16,000 water meters across Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Pune, and to have helped 23,500 residents prevent wastage of water.