All but eliminates would be more accurate but still extremely surprising to me. I can’t say I’m a fan of the rising tension in India between Hindus and Muslims stoked on by Modi but they’re obviously delivering great results in combatting inequality and lifting people of out poverty.
The most encouraging numbers in there were for sure the decline in the Gini coefficient, most countries see worsening inequality so it’s very encouraging to see a nation as large as India being able to combat it.
Sounds similar to what we need to do in America(except repairs/replacements also). It revitalizes economies to have all those workers in their area for such a time lol
I don’t know how they define “piped water” but I would bet it means “ran a pipe from the river into town” so that it doesn’t have to be carried in buckets a long way, not domestic water supplies.
But just building it once doesn’t mean they’ll maintain it, either. It doesn’t mean much if it falls apart a few years from now.
All but eliminates would be more accurate but still extremely surprising to me. I can’t say I’m a fan of the rising tension in India between Hindus and Muslims stoked on by Modi but they’re obviously delivering great results in combatting inequality and lifting people of out poverty.
The most encouraging numbers in there were for sure the decline in the Gini coefficient, most countries see worsening inequality so it’s very encouraging to see a nation as large as India being able to combat it.
Yeah, that is amazing.
Also this seems incredible:
A lot of pipes in a very short time?!
Sounds similar to what we need to do in America(except repairs/replacements also). It revitalizes economies to have all those workers in their area for such a time lol
It’s important to improve water access and quality in the us, but this figure from 2023 paints a very different situation than India.
https://www.cdcfoundation.org/blog/addressing-growing-water-crisis-us
2.2mil/330mil is less than 1%.
2.2 is still way, way too high, but India has a much more serious issue. (and has made great progress!)
Yes I meant to highlight repairing pipes in America but I failed at doing that well lol
I don’t know how they define “piped water” but I would bet it means “ran a pipe from the river into town” so that it doesn’t have to be carried in buckets a long way, not domestic water supplies.
But just building it once doesn’t mean they’ll maintain it, either. It doesn’t mean much if it falls apart a few years from now.