Follow us on FROM TOI PRINT EDITION An innovation challenge: India and Denmark are engaging the young generation of technologists in the future of water May 12, 2021, 7:53 PM IST Rajiv Kumar, Freddy Svane & Signe Westermann Kühn India is currently facing massive water challenges, which in recent years have become one of the most urgent policy issues. The problem ranges across depleting underground water levels, unsafe drinking water, water loss due to inadequate sewerage systems, and untreated wastewater polluting India’s major rivers. According to ‘The Composite Water Management Index 2018’, published by Niti Aayog, if the required measures are not implemented, the country’s water demand is further projected to be double of the available water supply by 2030. If this unprecedented situation did come to pass, which policy makers are determined will not be allowed to happen, it could mean severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and could potentially cost 6% of GDP, which obviously would be a severe impact on the economy.