Water Scarcity in India - PDF

most cases is caused by over-exploitation, consequent greater demands for water, and excessive use and unequal access to water unequal access to it. A large population among different social groups. requires more water not only for domestic...

most cases is caused by over-exploitation, consequent greater demands for water, and excessive use and unequal access to water unequal access to it. A large population among different social groups. requires more water not only for domestic Where is then water scarcity likely to use but also to produce more food. Hence, to occur? As you have read in the hydrological facilitate higher food-grain production, water cycle, freshwater can be obtained directly resources are being over-exploited to expand from precipitation, surface run off and irrigated areas for dry-season agriculture. groundwater. Irrigated agriculture is the largest consumer Is it possible that an area or region may of water. Now it is needed to revolutionise the have ample water resources but is still facing agriculture through developing drought water scarcity? Many of our cities are such resistant crops and dry farming techniques. examples. Thus, water scarcity may be an You may have seen in many television outcome of large and growing population and advertisements that most farmers have their Water, Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink Drink:: After a heavy downpour, a boy collects drinking water in Kolkata. Life in the city and its adjacent districts was paralysed as incessant overnight rain, meaning a record 180 mm, flooded vast area and disruted traffic. A Kashmiri earthquake survivor carries water in the snow in a devastated village. Fig. 3.1: Water Scarcity 20 CONTEMPORARY INDIA – II Reprint 2024-25