Sachin Tendulkar bats against water-borne diseases! 'Since India has the highest mortality among children due the water-borne diseases there is a need for the research institutions in the country to come up with brilliant initiatives to curb the diseases' Tendulkar said. He was speaking at the launch of 'Shuddh Paani Swastha Bharat' a national campaign of the Livpure Foundation aiming to reduce mortality among children due to water-borne diseases. (Read: How safe is the water you drink?) According to National Health Care Survey of 2013 less than one-third of households in India have access to purified drinking water. Tendulkar said