![An Indian girl operates a water hand pump for her younger brother to drink on a hot afternoon on the outskirts of Jammu, Kashmir, in June 2014 [Jaipal Singh/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/80c8593132c24a79857b8297e3318703_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
To achieve universal water security, we need to let politics and culture drive water planning as much as economy does.
Majed Akhter
Majed Akhter is assistant professor of geography at Indiana University Bloomington.
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To achieve universal water security, we need to let politics and culture drive water planning as much as economy does.