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With Summer Looming Large, Drinking Water Is A Bigger Worry For India's Poor Than Coronavirus

Fear and panic has gripped everyone, especially since the number of active coronavirus cases rise rapidly across the country. Amid the coronavirus scare, WHO advised people a 20-second hand wash to kill the virus. The truth however is that hundreds of thousands of people wait in line every day to fill drinking water from government water trucks in India. Washing their hands is the least of their worries. Clean drinking water is a bigger concern. With temperature rising everyday, this situation will become worst across the country. Here's a look at how some are struggling with a water crisis while we are locked up inside our homes.

Anuj Tiwari Updated on Apr 18, 2020, 15:58 IST

Fear and panic has gripped everyone, especially since the number of active coronavirus cases rise rapidly across the country. Amid the coronavirus scare, WHO advised people a 20-second hand wash to kill the virus. The truth however is that hundreds of thousands of people wait in line every day to fill drinking water from government water trucks in India. Washing their hands is the least of their worries. Clean drinking water is a bigger concern. With temperature rising everyday, this situation will become worst across the country. Here's a look at how some are struggling with a water crisis while we are locked up inside our homes.

People with empty pots searching for drinking water in Bengaluru during the nationwide lockdown.

Four little girls collect 'drinking' water from a broken pipeline as India observe nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus.

A young boy walks with plastic pots to collect drinking water at Aminjikarai in Chennai.

A homeless man fills water from a broken water pipeline as he waits for food outside a government-run night shelter in New Delhi.?

Rajesh Dhaikar's wife Suneeta and son Deepu bring water on their hand cart for the house in Prayagraj. Dhaikar has a small balloon stall in a nearby market.

Impoverished people in Prayagraj wait to collect drinking water at a municipality water pipeline during Lockdown.

Local private tanker provides free water to people.?Maintaining social distance takes a back seat when life giving water is scarce.

While hand-washing is a basic precaution against the virus, about 40% of the world's population does not have?water and soap at home to be able to do so, according to UNICEF.

Women carry containers of water during the nationwide lockdown in Faridabad. The?water crisis?hits the poor particularly hard; wealthy people can pay for water from private sources, but those living in slums can't afford the same.

People line up in a queue, trying to maintain social distance, for their drinking water needs during the nationwide lockdown in New Delhi.

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Anuj Tiwari writes stories for SEO and is a Youtube wizard. An engineer turned social media champ, he keeps a track of all that goes around the world. His interest areas include historic events, political and social-sciences.

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