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प्रश्न
Have you ever faced a shortage of water in your area? If yes, then what was the reason for it?
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उत्तर
Yes, Sometimes we face a shortage of water in our area. This is due to the cut in supply of water by the Jal Board.
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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?
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?
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?
Do you have some special pots for water at your place?
Have you ever seen any beautiful building near the place of water? Where?
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.
Bring a water bill, look at it and tell -
What else can you see in the bill, like the money spent on repair, maintenance, etc.?
