Two-thirds of India has no river flowing through it, creating an over-dependence on groundwater. Even today, three-quarters of India drinks untreated water, leading to diarrhoea-related deaths to permanent fluorosis.
While multiple organisations such as NextDrop, Piramal Foundation’s Sarvajal, Spring Health, and Swajal are tackling the problems of affordability, accessibility, and purity with novel approaches for rural India, access to safe drinking water remains a problem for a vast majority of