Sunday 22nd March marked World Water Day. There are still many parts of the world which have to deal with poor sanitation, lack of clean drinking and bathing water, or lack of water in general.
The United Nation Secretary- General, Mr Ban Ki-moon states, “To address the many challenges related to water, we must work in a spirit of urgent cooperation, open to new ideas and innovation, and prepared to share the solutions that we all need for a sustainable future. If we do so, we can end poverty, promote global prosperity and well-being, protect the environment and withstand the threat of climate change.”
Sanjay Wijesekera, the head of the UN Children Fund's (UNICEF) global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene programmesmentioned, “Water is the very essence of life and yet three-quarters of a billion people – mostly the poor and the marginalized – still today are deprived of this most basic human right.”
On World Water Day, many Sikh pilgrims took the opportunity to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India and bathed in the holy Sarovar.
