{"id":15826,"date":"2019-06-26T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=15826"},"modified":"2019-06-26T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:14:32","slug":"portland-indian-chaitanya-karamchedu-makes-saltwater-drinkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/portland-indian-chaitanya-karamchedu-makes-saltwater-drinkable\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian American Boy\u2019s Low-cost Method to Make Seawater Drinkable may Solve India\u2019s Water Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
Water is the foundation of earth and the elixir of life on the planet. Millions of lives are endangered due to lack of clean, safe, drinkable water in developing countries, including India.<\/strong>\u00a0Freshwater makes up only 2.5% of the total water on earth, and only 1% of freshwater is easily accessible and safe to drink. The rest is undrinkable saltwater. India itself is grappling with acute water crisis and trying various measures of water conservation to get over it.<\/p>\n The number of people affected by water crisis in India has shot up from 330 million in 2016 to nearly 600 million this year. Chennai<\/span><\/a>, a metropolis of five million, is one of the most affected victims of water scarcity in India.<\/strong> The continued depletion of water in four of Chennai\u2019s major reservoirs to an alarming level, leaving a majority of the city populace bereft of water in everyday life has caught global attention. Reportedly, a rainfall deficit of 41% in Tamil Nadu is adding to the repercussions of water shortage in Chennai this year.<\/p>\n With the tempo of life coming to a standstill in the water-crisis-hit states of India, temple priests of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have got themselves busy leaving no stone unturned to appease the rain god for good showers. On the other side of the globe, a cost-effective method to make saltwater drinkable is a new ray of hope to flip the depressing pictures of water crisis in India and other parts of the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n