Question

regions of water scarcity are closely co-related to regions of acute poverty.Justify.

Answer 1

Availability of water leads to development of a region due to the growth of various industries,agriculture and its related industries. These provide employment to the local people and thus help to reduce poverty. Hence water scarcity are closely correlated to the regions of acute poverty.

Answer 2

Most of India's population is engaged in agriculture.Therefore as we know there is a great deal of water in farming.So,scarcity of water leads to less production. So small farmers cannot make surplus ,sometimes there is not enough for self consumption also,and it leads to poverty.