report writing on scarcity of water in haryana
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water is most important thing hope it's right
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The rising mercury levels have diverted public attention towards water scarcity in the region. The media has been focusing on the water crisis in Shimla or National Capital New Delhi. Not many living outside Gurugram know that this "jewel" of Haryana is facing an equally dismal water availability situation. Several towns and villages of Haryana are parched with locals fetching potable water from far off places--many cities and villages in the state are getting rationed water. It is sad that in the 21st century, a nation that calls itself an emerging world power is struggling to meet its minimum clean water needs.
Traditionally, southern Haryana is known to be water deficient. But just at the onset of the summer this year even districts such as Rohtak that has received much attention in terms of development over the past decade, for political reasons, has had to ration water. Canal water supply that fills up the local water works is down from once in 24 days to every 32nd day. The local authorities have rationed water so that it lasts over a month after each refill. I you move further south beyond Kurukshetra or Karnal, the situation gets worse. There is legal versus moral issue debate over water. Should Haryana adhere to its legal agreement with Delhi and supply 450 cusecs of water per day or should it take care of its own residents first?
It is often said that if ever there is a future world war, it would be fought over water. There is no war, but people are preparing themselves for a draught-like situation. Out of Haryana's 6,804 villages, 127 have less than 40 litres per capita daily (LPCD) availability of water, 4,062 between 4 to 55 LPCD and 2,615 villages have 70 LPCD. Similarly 22 out of 78 towns have between 70 and 110 LPCD, 25 between 110 and 135 and 31, mostly in northern Haryana, have over 135 LPCD of water availability. The Ministry of Urban Development says that a metro must have a minimum water supply of 150 to 200 LPCD and other big cities at least 135 LPCD. The highest availability of water in Haryana is 135 LPCD, which means no metro, may it be Gurugram or Faridabad, meets the minimum requirement. The state Public Health department puts water requirement for cities with over 1 lakh population at 200 LPCD and those below 1 lakh at 135 LPCD. According to the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), the groundwater in majority of areas in 11 districts of southern and western Haryana is unfit for consumption on account of high salinity and presence of high concentration of nitrate or fluoride. Canal water for them is their life line.
The shortage of canal water to Haryana can be gauged from the fact that as of Friday morning the Bhakra Main Canal recorded an inflow of 8,840 cusecs, while another 5,114 cuses was recorded at the Beas Sutlej Link, taking the total to 14,989 cusecs. But the sources recorded an outflow of 19,391 cusecs of water to Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. A higher output compared to the input is adding stress on a daily basis. As per the Supreme Court order, 939 cusecs of water is to be given to Delhi from the common pool. On Friday, 381 cusecs were sent to the Hadarpur water treatment plant for onward supply to Delhi and another 558 cusecs to a Delhi reservoir for storage. The storage in Delhi must be maintained at 674.5 feet, as per the Supreme Court directive, but it stood at 671 feet this morning. But in contrast cities and villages in Haryana are begging for water with no guarantee of an assured supply, let alone clean water supply. It is perhaps for the Union and state governments to re-orient their planning to fulfil the basic needs of the citizens of this country. Water is certainly one of the most basic and essential of all requirements.
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