Its a Long Walk, for even a Single DropAnd unless we think this is an Issue,
It will not get attention from those at the top
And their misery will never stop
Oh even for a Single Drop, a Long Walk
Lets start by writing about it
and make the topic worthy of atleast a talk,
After all our heart is not made of, rock
It is estimated that in India, women fetching water spend 150 million workdays per year, equivalent to a national loss of income of 10 Billion Rupees.
Search Engines allowed. Answer on Thursday
Update : Protector, Decentmonkey, Amita, Prasad,and Priya got it right
Source : http://www.unesco.org/water/news/newsletter/100.shtml & www.navdanya.org/publications/women-water.htm
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150 million women workdays per year
ReplyDeleteam shocked on seeing the data.....
Cheers!
:)
the data is very discouraging..
ReplyDeletewhile a small part of India spends time watching "Pepsi TV" a larger part has to spend similar amount of time, fetching water, and this includes even girls, who have to obviously miss school..
:)bangaloreguy
ReplyDeletebut i have to mention the search engine, since it would a futile question most of the time, and anyway i use search engines to research on these things:D
well when coke pays less for its water than many people, i cant get help mad ..