what would be done to avoid ecological crises arising due to over exploitation and mismanagement of water
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Intensive industrialisation and urbanisation witnessed in post-independence India have significantly contributed to the exploitation of available freshwater resources. Industries require huge supply of water for production, cooling of machineries and for power supply in form of hydroelectricity. Ever increasing urban centres with large and dense population and urban lifestyles have increased the domestic water requirement and power requirement. Individual groundwater pumping devices in housing complexes of big cities have aggravated the problem of depletion of water resources. Agricultural progress in the post-independence era has also led to water scarcity. Irrigation in different forms to increase agricultural production exploits the available surface and groundwater sources excessively. As a result of the above mentioned reasons the water shortage problem has aggravated in post independence India.