Question

Clean water is a basic necessity, yet obtaining clean water is a daily struggle for millions of people worldwide. Identify why the poor of Mumbai, India, have difficulty getting access to water.

Answer 1

Answer:

Lack of access to municipal water supplies and social equity.

Explanation:

Most slums in Mumbai, India, are non-notified slums, not recognized by the government. This has led to the government's failure to provide water access to the residents of the slums.

There is lack of access to municipal water supplies as these slums are usually unorganized and unrecognized by the government. The absence of social equity also prompts the government and the municipal council to ignore the problems of the slum dwellers.

Though clean water is a basic necessity, yet obtaining clean water is a daily struggle as the dwellers of these slums buy water from informal sources which is not clean and is also costly, limiting them from accessing enough water.