Question

List out the water related problems faced by people living in different regions in India

Answer 1

Answer:

• Related to water: disease, starvation, crop disasters, famines, war.
• One of the major challenge in many developing countries is to provide decent drinking water and sanitation to sprawling shanty towns and areas occupied by the urban poor in the cities.
• Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio.
• Growing populations, expanding agriculture, industrialization and high living standards have all boosted demand for water while drought, overuse and pollution have all decreased supplies. To make up for the shortfall water is often taken from lakes, rivers and wetlands, causing serious environmental damage. According to a 2003 United Nations report, “Across the globe, groundwater is being depleted by the demands of megacities and agriculture, while fertilizer runoff and pollution are threatening water quality and public health."
• There are political problems and potentials for war if two countries extract water from the same aquifer. None of the numerous treaties on water use cover underground water. There are also conflicts within countries as to who will get water: primarily between industries, cities and farms. Environmental refugees from places with water shortages flock to the rich countries.

Answer 2

Some of the water related problems in India:

• The groundwater level is decreased due to deforestation for developing infrastructure in the city.
• The oil is mixed with drinking water due to extraction of methane from agricultural land.
• The chemical and bio pollutants gets mixed with the drinking water and 21% of Indian population is affected by water related disease.
• The excess water consumption due to growth of excess of agricultural crops has lead to drought in many agricultural lands.
• The population of India is also a main cause for the depletion of water in India.