The world celebrated World Water Day for the first time on 22 March 1993. Since then, the purpose of Water Day being celebrated every year continuously is to make people aware of water conservation and ensure the supply of clean water to every person of all countries. Many plans have been made for this. Different countries are functioning at their own level. Hundreds of government and non-government organizations are working on the ground to deal with the problem. Funding of crores of rupees is also done to these organizations for this task, but celebrating Water Day is going to be around 27 years, instead of improving the situation of water crisis is getting worse. Which is evidence that globally, efforts are not being made to conserve water. Due to which the water crisis has taken a terrible shape in front of the countries of the world. According to the World Health Organization, about 4.6 million people die every year due to water pollution.
According to the World Health Organization, in 2017, 71 percent of the world population (5.3 billion) is being supplied clean water, while 785 million people lack basic drinking water facilities. This includes 144 million people who depend on surface water. In addition, there are 2 billion people who are forced to drink water that has been polluted due to sewage. The impact of polluted water is spreading on such a wide scale that 4.6 million people are dying every year due to the diseases caused by it. The number of deaths in India due to water pollution is close to three lakhs. Apart from this, according to a report of the Government of India, 275 of India's 445 rivers are polluted. Only 5 percent of the total water around the world is in Indian rivers, but the amount of silt, sewage and other pollutants is discharged in the rivers of the world, 35 percent of its sediment flows into Indian rivers. According to the Central Ground Water Board report, water is severely polluted in Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Telangana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Rivers like Ganga, Gomti, Yamuna in India have been severely polluted due to industrial waste and sewer. The ponds are being used as dumping grounds. The system of waste management in India is relatively low. There is also a lack of awareness for cleanliness among the people of the country. Despite being educated, they throw garbage in the open or in the water bodies. Although little change has been observed due to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but the system of management of the garbage that is collected in India is inadequate. According to an estimate, about 4500 big and small rivers of India have dried up. The water level is continuously falling down. Groundwater is on the verge of depletion in big cities. We have seen the situation of water crisis in Shimla, Chennai, Maharashtra, Bihar, Delhi etc. directly and also in NITI Aayog report. The problem is likely to deepen this year as well. At the same time, three crore villagers of the country are also forced to drink dirty water.
In fact, to save water, we need to pay equal attention to both environmental protection and sanitation. For this, we have to plant regularly. Efforts will have to be made to plant saplings only after adopting the scientific method, and to give mixed plantation attention. For this, trees should be planted on a large scale even in hilly places. Trees work to maintain the environment and to move water underground and prevent soil erosion. Apart from this, which should be given on rain water conservation. There should also be a system of water conservation in the houses. This can be dealt with by water crisis, but to ensure clean water, one has to avoid throwing Ganga in open and water sources. By making as many STPs as possible, a drop should be prevented from flowing dirty water into the rivers. Action should be taken against companies for pouring chemical waste into rivers. Till then, apart from saving water, we will also be able to keep it clean. In the coming times, every person will have to face the terrible form of water crisis.
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