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Posted Thu Feb 7 2008: from India News:
Two billion face water famine as Himalayan glaciers melt http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1202342423
 "New Delhi: Two billion people face acute water shortage this century as Himalayan glaciers melt due to global warming. [Sayed I. Hasnain of the Centre for Policy Research] said the little work that had been done predicted that there would be a 20-30 percent increase in the water flow of the Ganges in the next four decades as the glaciers feeding the river melted, followed by a severe water shortage."
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In four decades we can surely think of some solution: how about the Bottled Water Brigade comes to the rescue!

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