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Water crisis looms large in Himalayan regions

Part of: GS Prelims – Geography and GS Mains I- Climate change

In news:

Eight towns in the Himalayan region of Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan were nearly 20%-70% deficient in their water supply,
Unplanned urbanisation and climate change are the key factors responsible for the state of affairs,
The places surveyed are extremely dependent on springs (ranging between 50% and 100%) for their water, and three-fourths were in urban areas
Under current trends, the demand-supply gap may double by 2050
only 3% of the total Hindu Kush Himalayan population lives in larger cities and 8% in smaller towns, projections show that over 50% of the population will be living in cities by 2050

From Prelims Point Of View

Hindu-Kush-Himalayan (HKH) Region

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
5 million square kilometres considered the Third Pole (after the North and South Poles
Significant implications for climate. vast cryospheric zones and is also the world’s largest store of snow and ice outside the polar region.

Daily Current Affairs IAS | UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 2nd March 2020

Daily Current Affairs IAS | UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 2nd March 2020

Source: The Hindu

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