Information is power, and that is true as India tries to solve its water crisis. In June 2018, the Government of India acknowledged that it is in the midst of the worst water crisis in the country’s history. By creating a tool that points out where exactly the government is lacking in managing water resources, India has armed itself with the power to fix the crisis. The move could not have come at a better time as poor water access and sanitation threaten people’s lives and livelihoods.

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Nikhil Bugalia was an intern at the Asian Development Bank Institute and a PhD candidate at the University of Tokyo at the time the study was published.

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