Lack of Water in India Causes Conflict

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/india-water-supply-bhopal

The article speaks much about the lack of water in India. People were killed for retrieving water out of greed from other people. Because of the lack of rain over the past years, many people have been in even more of a need for water than previous years. Draining of lakes had occurred in order to supply water, but many lakes have lost drastic amounts of water, which is terrible for the ecosystem. In one city, Bhopal, about 100,000 people rely on water tankers alone to supply their water, and they ravage through crowds in order to retrieve their water as soon as possible. Some climb onto the tanks in order to get to it themselves. With a rapidly increasing population in India, and a severe lack of water, things don't appear too bright in the future. In order to reach water, some people had to travel about 2 kilometers to reach their nearest water supply. Some experts believe this issue to be an indicator of what is to possible for a global scale. If we continue to abuse our few freshwater sources, we are sure to create our own ruin and destroy our chances at having sustainable water resources in our future.