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प्रश्न
Do you get a water bill at home? Find out from where it is sent?
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उत्तर
Yes, we get a water bill at home. The bill comes from the Department of Water Supply.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Is there a lake, well or stepwell near your house or school? Visit it and find out more about it.
How old is it? Who got it built?
How do you think the rainwater that falls on the roof will reach the underground tank? Draw the path.
Talk to your grandmother or any elderly person. Find out, when they were of your age:
From where did they get water for the house? Has there been a change now?
Have you ever seen any beautiful building near the place of water? Where?
Is there a lake, well or stepwell near your house or school? Visit it and find out more about it.
Is there any festival celebrated at this place?
There are two old wells in the area where Punita lives. Her grandmother says that about fifteen-twenty years ago there was water in these wells. The wells could have dried up because:
- Water is being pumped up from under the ground, with the help of electric motors.
- The lakes in which rainwater used to collect are no longer there.
- The soil around trees and parks is now covered with cement.
- Is there some other reason for this? Explain.
Why do you think Dilli Sarkar (Government of Delhi) is written under Delhi Jal Board?
In whose name is the bill? How much money do they have to pay for each month?
Have you ever read this kind of news in any newspaper? How did people solve their problem of water? Did they repair and reuse any old lake or stepwell?
Make a poster: Do you remember the slogan – “Water on earth is for one and all.” Think of some other such slogans.
Draw pictures and make a nice poster.
