Nepal Will have Shortage of Water

Along with other countries of South Asia, Nepal is going to face the shortage of water. There will be huge deficit of water in Nepal up to 5o percent.

China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Uzbekistan and Cambodia are currently feeling the heaviest impacts of the water shortage in terms of food and energy production as well as ecological damage,” the ADB said.

In the report, the ADB faulted weak enforcement of laws for the degradation of Asian water quality, with between 80 and 89 per cent of all untreated wastewater leaching into fresh water in east and south Asia, respectively.

"In short, Asia is witnessing a despoliation of its freshwater resources with disastrous consequences for ecological balance and environmental sustainability," Manila based bank said.

It also highlighted that while irrigated agriculture uses up 80 per cent of the region's fresh water, there have been only very minimal irrigation efficiencies since 1990.

On current trends, this would lead to a 40 per cent gap between water demand and supply in Asia by 2030.

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