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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
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?
Can we even imagine life without water?
Is there a lake, well or stepwell near your house or school? Visit it and find out more about it.
Is the water clean? Is it cleaned regularly?
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.
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?
From which office has this bill come?

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?
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.
