Some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, according to a new report by the United Nations.
India ranks 77th for likelihood of a natural disaster affecting the country, according to a worldwide index analysing risk.
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