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प्रश्न
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?
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उत्तर
They used to get water from wells, bavdis, ponds, rivers, and hand pumps. But now we get water supplied by Jal Board or from tube wells, hand pumps, etc.
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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 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?
Have you ever seen any beautiful building near the place of water? Where?
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.
From which office has this bill come?
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?
Bring a water bill, look at it and tell -
How much money is to be paid for this bill?
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.?
