more-inDINDIGULThe country should focus on providing safe drinking water at a minimum cost to all people at the earliest. College of Engineering and Technology here on Sunday, he said the country had the largest number of people in the world without access to safe water. Approximately 7.6 crore people – 5% of the total population – were deprived of safe water. But people in India had to spend 17% of their income to get minimum water supply every day, he said. Education system should ensure that the human resource built its scientific and technological capabilities, he stressed.

Source: The Hindu July 16, 2017 15:11 UTC