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Indian Water Crisis
greetings from the I.H.D. (Indian health delegation). We are writing this in response to the ever looming water crisis.
The unsanitary water problem many of we Indians face is water born illness. We have a word from one of our people, “The Indian water crisis affects me and my family. The more financially struggling side of my family does not have water systems (i.e. Showers, baths, sinks, e.t.c.) We don’t even have fridges to store milk. A milk lady carrying hot buckets of milk must come for us to get our needed vitamins. Instead of shower handles, we have another bucket of hot water to pour on ourselves. Some of my neighbors who are men must walk without a shirt, and barefoot, for they cannot afford shoes and shirts for themselves.”

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