What do you mean by quantitative scarcity of water 0?
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these scarcity of water leads to major problems amongst the peoples
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explain the quantitative aspect of water scarcity.
Ans. 1. Large growing population:- India is the second largest country of the world in terms
of population. This causes greater demand for water and unequal access of water
resources.
2. Overexploitation of water resources:- To expand irrigated areas and dry season
agriculture farmers have their own well and Tube well to irrigate their fields and increase
their produce. As a result the groundwater level is falling.
3. Industrialisation and urbanisation:- Increasing number of industries and housing societies
have exerted the pressure on existing freshwater resources. Mostly all the housing societies
have their own ground water pumping devices to meet their water needs and water tables
are falling consistently.