Our Rivers Are Drying; No Action On Water Crisis May Collapse The Ecosystem And Turn Earth To Mars Like
"Just to give you an idea, the 2018 drought was so extreme that, looking back at least the last 500 years, there were no other events similar to the drought of 2018, but this year I think it is really worse than 2018." - Andrea Toreti , The European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) Rivers and streams are the lifeline of a civilization and nation. Rivers play a vital role in sustaining life and biodiversity, ecology, religions, business, economy, international relations etc. But, globally, our perennial rivers are losing their identity; some of them have even dried up and are on the verge of extinction. They are facing a very bad phase. Experts estimate that over half of the world’s river networks are running dry . Many rivers have been converted into drains and are covered with a large amount of filth and cannot be considered as a source of freshwater. Drying rivers have exposed many historical monuments and arche...