India’s many mighty rivers like the Ganges and Indus not only irrigate vast tracts of farmland and provide life-sustaining resources to millions, they also form the basis of India’s hydropower plans for the coming decade. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS

By Malini Shankar
BANGALORE, India, Jun 10 2015 (IPS)

As the United Nations closes its chapter on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and charts a new plan of action under the framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India – a country of 1.2 billion people – is confronting its resource challenges.

One of the country’s primary concerns is how to provide its citizens equal access to fresh, clean water while also juggling the vast energy needs of its population and many industries.

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