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Question
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.
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Solution
- We get water from the Jal Board. We have connected a motor with the supply line. This helps us in storing water in the rooftop tank.
- The slum area near my house gets water from a Jal Board tanker which comes once a day.
- In my grandfather’s village, there are some hand pumps which draw underground water.
- I have seen some ladies in the village bringing water from the nearby canal.
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