Scarcity of water is felt by people everywhere in villages, in towns and in big cities. Global warming has affected our rainfall, and snowfall. Our population is increasing and demand for water is on the rise. Rainwater harvesting, conservation of water, along with control on its wastage shall help us meet our water needs in future. Write an article in 150 – 200 words on the topic, ‘Water Problem’. You are Amir/Ankita.
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Water Problem
by :Ankita
The earth is called the Blue Planet, and for reasons known well to all of us. About 97% of the earth is made of water, and yet the scarcity of water available for use to man is nerve-chilling. ‘Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink,’ the words resound particularly true.
The scarcity of water faced by people these days is frightful. Not just cities and towns, this scarcity of water has penetrated even villages where lakes and rivers are drying up. The cause of this scarcity is global warming which has led to irregularities in rainfall and snowfall, and depletion of underground water resources. It is estimated that by 2020, several Indian cities like Delhi and Bengaluru will have lost their groundwater recharge completely.
The problem is serious. More and more villages are losing access to clean drinking water, and people are being forced to purchase water at increasing rates by the day. It is not like this problem has no solution at all, though. India is blessed with rainfall in several regions, which can be harvested to meet our needs. Besides conserving water, its wastage needs to be reduced as well, by alternatives such as buckets to showers and using recycled water for gardening, flushing and so on. Unless and until proper steps are taken to control this, the problem of water scarcity can take an enormous shape.
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India has many social problems and frequent water crisis in many States is one of them. Food and drinking water are quite essential for people’s comfortable living. When these two are scarce sometimes people suffer untold miseries.
India suffers from water shortage for cultivation and drinking despite the fact that many big rivers, some of them perennial rivers, flow through some parts of India. In the south there are the Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Tamaraparani, Perilya and other rivers. In the north there are the mighty Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus, Mahanadi and other rivers. Much of the water goes to the sea unused. Though we have much natural resources like water, minerals, abundantly growing crops and so on, we still suffer, because our knowledge of utilising these natural resources to the maximum advantage is inadequate.
The two States that suffer acute water scarcity sometimes are Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The water reservoirs in many towns and cities were meant for a small population. Even the drains for carrying sewage water were planned and built for a small population. With the increasing population the water available is inadequate to meet the needs of the people. Investigation should be done whether more reservoirs could be built to augment the supply of drinking water to the people.