The 21st century began with great promise filled with ambition, optimism, and dreams of a better future. Now, twenty-five years later, we stand at a crossroads. Humanity has achieved remarkable feats: exploring distant planets, transforming healthcare, and advancing artificial intelligence and robotics. But we've also lived through defining global events, shifts that have tested our societies and systems.
Our urban spaces have grown denser and more chaotic, while rural areas have faded into obscurity, taking with them the spirit of entire communities. Deep-rooted challenges still persist, often ignored. As we look ahead, the time has come to rethink how we live, to reset what no longer serves us, and to act, before irreversible damage is done.
The world today is experiencing unprecedented demographic growth and consequent urbanization of various places. Rapid population growth in urban areas usually gets coupled with poor planning of physical and social infrastructure along with a lack of individual and communal sanitary consciousness. The rural areas in many developing countries face a lot of problems caused by poor sanitation facilities such as pollution of water sources, a high rate of waterborne diseases, and high expenditures on curative health care.
