Only rain can save Chennai from this situation." A well completely empty, and a city without water. The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry. The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks. As the water levels depleted, hotels and restaurants started to shut down temporarily, and the air con was turned off in the city's metro. Officials in the city continue to try and find alternative sources of water - but the community continue to pray for rain.
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The 2030 Water Resources Group on “Charting Our Water Futures” set up by the erstwhile Planning Commission in 2009 had projected that if the current demand pattern for water continues, by 2030, the available water will meet only about half of India’s demand for water.
Agriculture uses 78 per cent of India’s water, and uses it very inefficiently (agricultural water use efficiency is 30 per cent for surface water and 55 per cent for groundwater in India, compared with 77 per cent in Israel).
The Niti Aayog has projected that the groundwater of 21 cities will run out by 2020.
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Agriculture uses 78 per cent of India’s water, and uses it very inefficiently (agricultural water use efficiency is 30 per cent for surface water and 55 per cent for groundwater in India, compared with 77 per cent in Israel).
The Niti Aayog has projected that the groundwater of 21 cities will run out by 2020.
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Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament.
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Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha
Launched by Minister of Human Resource Development
It is a drive to create awareness about water conservation among the school students
Five Major Objectives
1. To educate the students learn about conservation of water
2. To sensitise students about the impact of scarcity of water
3. To empower students to learn to protect the natural source of water
4. To help every students to save at least one litre of water per day
5. To encourage students towards judicious use and minimum wastage of water at home and school level
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Launched by Minister of Human Resource Development
It is a drive to create awareness about water conservation among the school students
Five Major Objectives
1. To educate the students learn about conservation of water
2. To sensitise students about the impact of scarcity of water
3. To empower students to learn to protect the natural source of water
4. To help every students to save at least one litre of water per day
5. To encourage students towards judicious use and minimum wastage of water at home and school level
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#water
#conservation
#scheme
Water resources are facing pressure due to
population explosion, urbanization, rising demand for water from the agriculture, energy, and industryBsectors, pollution, inefficient use, poor management
and poor institutional mechanisms.
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population explosion, urbanization, rising demand for water from the agriculture, energy, and industryBsectors, pollution, inefficient use, poor management
and poor institutional mechanisms.
#WATER
Reasons for Water Stress and Water Scarcity
•Monsoon Dependence
•Uneven distribution of water and Rainfall pattern
•Overexploitation
•Shift to cash-crops
•Inefficient cultivation practices
•Water Pollution:
•Inefficient water management and uneven distribution
•Improper water irrigation
•free electricity and financial support for water extraction through tube wells
•Rapid urbanization, industrialization, population growth
•Poor water storage
•The most common reason is that water is not valued in India
•Poor legislation on groundwater extraction
•Climate change
•Silting and sand mining
•No standardization of water use for industry
•CWC and CGWC acting independently
•No data available
•No R&D and technical approach
•Pollution of surface water.
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•Monsoon Dependence
•Uneven distribution of water and Rainfall pattern
•Overexploitation
•Shift to cash-crops
•Inefficient cultivation practices
•Water Pollution:
•Inefficient water management and uneven distribution
•Improper water irrigation
•free electricity and financial support for water extraction through tube wells
•Rapid urbanization, industrialization, population growth
•Poor water storage
•The most common reason is that water is not valued in India
•Poor legislation on groundwater extraction
•Climate change
•Silting and sand mining
•No standardization of water use for industry
•CWC and CGWC acting independently
•No data available
•No R&D and technical approach
•Pollution of surface water.
#Water #GS #Essay