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Answer to the current crisis of water may lie in the lack of reliance on our own traditions by our communities. Indians, over centuries; developed a range of techniques to harvest every possible form of water, from rainwater, stream & river water as well as flood water. They have tapped water from hill streams or springs known as carring a discharge of 15-1000 litres per seconds. In Meghalaya, a 200- year old stream of tapping and spring water for irrigating plants by using bamboos still exists. Credit must go to the people of the village of Rajasthan and particularly Jodhpur, here old water system still exists and where the traditional system even after the advent of piped water. Village which neglected their traditional system and relied solely on piped water sources faced scarcity under drought conditions. Villages which neglected their traditional system was maintained even after advent of piped water. An Ironic contrast of water management is that between Jaisalmeer and Cherrapunji which get 100mm and 15,000 mm of rainfall respectively. Jaisalmeer had enough water for itself until recent years, while Cherrapunji the wettest place on the earth, faced a drinking water shortage. Alwar district, also in Rajasthan, has been successful in harvesting water thereby bringing prosperity to it villages. In India, during the season of summer, our taps go on without water and we feel the scarcity of water. It is because we are much careless about the use of water & waste it extravagantly. Questions: 1. Why is crisis of water an acute problem? 2. Name two techniques by which India’s harvest water. 3. In which state of India old system of water still exists? 4. Which is the wettest place on the earth? 5. The word in the passage which means ‘deficiency’ is …………………………

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