Question

A bottle packaging company established in Rohan's village started extracting a large
quantities of water from the ground. It affected both the quantity and quality of water. All the
wells in their village dried up. Women now had to walk nearly five kilometres to fetch water
All the villagers united to protest against the packaging company and led to its permanent
closure.
(a) Why the wells in village dried up?
(b) How the quality of groundwater deteriorates due to over-extraction?
(c) How can groundwater be replenished again?
(d) What value of villagers are shown here?​

Answer 1

answer:

a) the wells dried up because of over execration of water which reduced the ground water level.

b) when water is being extracted the ground water level drops down and the roads and cemented surface of soil it prevents regeneration of ground water.

c) ground water can be replenished by rainwater harvesting.

d) the villagers need water to live when water is being extracted the well dry up and they have to go far to bring water so the villagers show the importance of water for all living creatures.

Answer 2

Explanation:

A bottle packaging company established in Rohan's village started extracting a large

quantities of water from the ground. It affected both the quantity and quality of water. All the

wells in their village dried up. Women now had to walk nearly five kilometres to fetch water

All the villagers united to protest against the packaging company and led to its permanent

closure.

(a) Why the wells in village dried up?

(b) How the quality of groundwater deteriorates due to over-extraction?

(c) How can groundwater be replenished again?

(d) What value of villagers are shown here?