Is the right to health included in the right to access to adequate clean water? - A constitutional perspective on quality of life

J. Mahalakshmi

International Journal of Electronic Finance, 2025, vol. 14, issue 4, 418-431

Abstract: Individual Mother Earth is the greatest gift from the universe since it offers many necessities for human survival, including commodities and services. The future of humanity depends on natural conservation. The priceless resource that sustains life is water. Even great civilisations have formed in Nile, Indus, Tigress, and other river valleys. Rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and population growth degrade water supplies. The main cause of epidemics and viral fevers is water contamination. Typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery, gastroenteritis, cholera, and others are often caused by water pollution. Due to increasing urbanisation and industrialisation, water source contamination has become a major environmental pollution issue. However, the amount of water supplied is fixed, making water scarcity in quantity and quality serious. This study investigates the origins of water pollution generated by human exploitation in a limitless manner, focusing on hazardous bacteria, pathogens, and chemicals that cause serious health difficulties in drinking water. This article examines the concept of Right to Life under Article 21 and focuses on Right to Life in the context of Right to Health, which could be structured to enlarge to cover the Right to Adequate Access to Safe Drinking Water.

Keywords: health includes right; urbanisation and industrialisation; safe drinking water; population growth; human exploitation; hazardous bacteria; humane living; water and health protocol. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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