Scarcity of Drinking water/Ground water in India affects directly on women health

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  A latest survey revealed that, women in the villages of Rajasthan, India averagely walk 14000 KM annually in search of water. In city, compare to village woman do not have to walk such a distance but they have to stand in a long queue from midnight or in the early of the morning in front of water taps on the streets for drinking water.

                          In India, only woman & little children collect water that is used for drinking & washing purpose. No other family member interfere or help for this searching seven collecting process, but they use this water sometime more than the woman who works so hard to collect this. This water collecting pressure effects on woman work, neither they able to do some other work nor the little girl able to go to school & learn the education.

             By the help of UNECEF, Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission survey reveal that, in India the water demands 66.6% for household purpose is supply by woman aged from 15-35 yrs. In India, only to search & collect drinking water woman loss their 15 crore working hrs. Annually, which costs near about RS 1000 crore.