Question

Water is one of the most precious gifts of nature. But it is unfortunate that we don’t understand its worth and over-exploit this resource for our selfish purposes. It is a matter of serious attention that water must be conserved at all costs. Write an article for your school magazine, urging the fellow students to save water. You are Mohit/Mohita.

Answer 1

Water is a resource of prime importance. We need water for irrigation, industries, transport, drinking, bathing and several other purposes in every day life. Life on the earth would not have been evolved without water. Water has become indispensable for the disposal of urban sewage and dirt. Water is essential for the very existence of life on the globe. Without water we cannot survive. Agriculture is the major source of food for us. Water is essential for raising food crops. Fish which make up a large chunk of our food and their existence depends on water. Forests which provide us numerous things and keep our ecological balance intact also need water. Water is an excellent and cheap resource for generating hydroelectricity. It is a renewable and pollution-free source of energy, essential for modern comfortable living. Therefore, water is indispensable in our day to day life.

1. Conserve water, conserve life.
2. You never know the worth of water until the well runs dry.
3. Save water, and it will save you.
4. Don’t let life slip down the drain.
5. How many drops make up an ocean? Conserve water; every drop counts.
6. Don’t flush our planet’s most valuable resource.
7. It takes a lot of blue to stay green.
8. If we don’t learn to conserve, we’ll all be fish out of water.
9. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
10. A drop of water is worth more than a sack of gold to a thirsty man.

Answer 2

Answer:

Water is that Amrita which daily sustains our life on the earth. We need water for daily use at home and for agriculture. Drinking water is however limited. We get it mainly from the cloucls and glaciers. If this resource is used wisely, then there will be no problem. But unfortunately, it is being over-exploited. Our ever-increasing popu¬lation has created scarcity of water. It is predicted that by 2025, nearly two billion people will live in absolute water scarcity. This is a signal to be cautious enough in the use of water. Every drop of water is precious and it must not go in vain. Water shortage is a grim reality for the cities as well as villages. We need to wake up to it now than be sorry later. We must think about the ways to conserve this precious resource. We must conserve water in ponds and tanks. We should be rationale to¬wards using it. We should try our best to use water cautiously for our sale. If we continue to use it recklessly, we will have to face dire consequences. By saving water we will save ourselves.