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INDIA: WATER RESOURCES. — Social Science STD 10 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceINDIA: WATER RESOURCES.3 Marks
Question
Describe the circumstances creating water crisis in India.
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Answer

Water crisis Water is a natural gift but it is limited.
  • With increasing population availability of pure potable water has become a problem.
  • Urbanisation and change in life styles of people has increased the usage of water.
  • There is a lot of inequality in the distribution of water.
  • A lot of water is required to grow grains and cash crops.
  • As wells and tube wells are used for irrigation, the ground water resource has decreased.
  • Serious problems like reduction in the quality of water and increasing scarcity have to be faced.
  • Besides agriculture, water is used in industries in uncontrolled quality.
  • Main sources of water are polluted by effluents from industries and domestically used water.
  • The water crisis is in a very alarming stage in arid regions of Western Rajasthan and the interior area of Southern peninsular plateau.
  • Many water-borne diseases have spread due to pollution.
  • Even today, there is a severe shortage of drinking water in about $8\%$ towns and in about $50\%$ of the villages in India.
  • The water crisis is a challenge to human livelihood and economic development.

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