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प्रश्न
Can we even imagine life without water?
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उत्तर
No water is essential for the survival of life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Look at the area around your school. Are there any fields, farms, pucca roads, drains, etc? Is the area sloping, rocky, or flat? Think, what will happen here when it rains? Where will the rain water go – into the drains, pipes, or pits? Is some water also getting soaked into the soil?
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?
Talk to your grandmother or an elderly person. Find out, when they were of your age:
What kind of water arrangements were made for travellers - for example, piau, Mashak (leather bag), or any other? Now, what do people do about water when they travel?
Is there a lake, well or stepwell near your house or school? Visit it and find out more about it.
Who all use the water?
Everyone has the right to live. Yet, is everybody getting enough water to live or even water to drink? Why is it that some people have to buy drinking water? Should it be like this? Water on this earth is for one and all. Some people draw out water from the ground by deep bore wells. How far is it correct? Have you ever seen this? Why do some people put a pump directly in the Jal Board pipeline? What problems would other people face due to this? Do you have any such experience?
Do you get a water bill at home? Find out from where it is sent?
Why do you think Dilli Sarkar (Government of Delhi) is written under Delhi Jal Board?
Do you have to pay for water? How much? Is the rate of water different in different colonies? Ask your elders.
Let us see the different ways in which people manage water today. See the picture give below and discuss.
Do you get water in your house in any of these ways? Put a tick (✓) on that. If you get water in some other way, write in your notebook.
