On diversion of recycled waste water…

Eighty per cent of it is diverted directly to agriculture fields and also for gardening. In Delhi’s neighbourhoods for instance, I see sewage water being used directly in gardens, it can create an issue of sanitation since you are growing things there. We would definitely treat that water and make it better, may not be potable, but certainly purer than sewage water before supplying it to the gardens.

On converting arid land into agricultural fields…

Sixty per cent of our land was desert. The average rainfall was less than that in Rajasthan. We have managed technology to increase waterfall. We have aircraft drop chemicals on clouds that are moving over Israel from the Mediterranean Sea. We turn them into rain, before the clouds move to other areas. Then we have huge containers and reservoirs for drinking water storage.  We treat waste water coming out of factories, sewage canals, homes. We have STPs in every city. But the scale of our requirement cannot be compared with yours. Tel Aviv has a million people, Delhi has 22 million.