Access not water INDIA loses most number of lives to diarrhoea in the world, yet its military spending is eight times more than on water and sanitation. According to the latest Human Development Report (HDR) released today, while the country is making considerable progress on drinking water, it is lagging on the sanitation front. Nearly two-third of India has no access to sanitation even today. Of the 1.8 million diarrhoea deaths in the world, India has 450,000. India has moved up a notch on the UNDP's Human Development Index