Mumbai, India. 10th Feb, 2010. 2 nov. 2008 - Mumbai - INDIA.Illegal electric pump is used to siphon off water from the BMC water lines at Dharavi, one of the worst affected part of Mumbai slums of the ongoing fresh water crisis.The local goons in convenience with some local officials put illegal pumps and connection to siphon off water from BMC pipelines & then sell the stolen water to slum dwellers.The economically poor markets in the Urban Slums & rural villages in India are becoming increasingly important for big Multinational companies as they target the demand for fresh water.Some
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Feb. 10, 2010 - Mumbai, India - 2 nov. 2008 - Mumbai - INDIA...Illegal electric pump is used to siphon off water from the BMC water lines at Dharavi , one of the worst affected part of Mumbai slums of the ongoing fresh water crisis.The local goons in convenience with some local officials put illegal pumps and connection to siphon off water from BMC pipelines & then sell the stolen water to slum dwellers...The economically poor markets in the Urban Slums & rural villages in India are becoming increasingly important for big Multinational companies as they target the demand for fresh water..Some 96 million people in India do not have access to clean water and more than 186, 000 children under the age of five die from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation each year in the country, according to the international charity Water Aid. Groundwater supplies in many rural areas have been found to have harmful high contents of arsenic or fluoride. Pesticides used in farming and iron ore mining have also had an impact on the safety of water, while surface water supplies are often contaminated with fecal matter in rural India. Inadequate sanitation in the country is estimated to cause economic losses that are equivalent to $53.8 billion because of consequences such as health-related impacts and lower productivity, according to the World Bank. Of this, the cost of the drinking water-related impact is $4.2 billion. Across all products the consumer demand in rural India has been growing at a faster pace than urban India for the first time in two decades, according to Crisil, a ratings and research firm in India. Between 2009 to 2010 and 2011 to 2012, additional spending by rural India was 3, 750 billion rupees, significantly higher than 2, 994 billion rupees by urbanites. The growth for future markets is going to be through those 70 per cent rural areas. .Many MNCÕs are targeting this huge market like the French food company Danone - which produces Evian water - through