Under the agreement, Modi Xerox has made available a high- speed, highlight colour, digital printing solution. Y2K solution is pending for implementation in only 2065 exchanges and the rest have all been made Y2K compliant. The era of the billion India s billionth citizen is occupying media space better deployed beyond numerical trivia. Even decades after our tryst with destiny, a severe lack of drinking water dogs the so-called backyards of the country. As we approach the new millennium, a glass of clean, uncontaminated water seems to be a luxury, that even money cannot buy.
Newspapers are awash daily with reports of fluoride-contaminated water sources .
Sadly, long-term constructive policies are yet to see the light of day. Occasional studies and certain discrete temporary solutions by local governments is all that is dished out to hapless citizens. This leaves many at the doorstep of a fatal disease, fluorosis. Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards achieving self-sufficiency in this precious resource.