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Water, at a price!

The water woes of Darjeeling continue to grow with unreliable public water supply and highly elastic private water markets. Is there a way out?

Ashish Chhetri

Barun Kumar Thakur

Kanish Debnath

Posted on 21 May, 2021 11:15 PM

Darjeeling, a water starved town

Hill stations in India are increasingly getting water scarce. Darjeeling, a well-known Himalayan town, continues to face water scarcity every year during the dry season, despite the abundant monsoon rainfall and several perennial rivers and streams.

Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)

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