We know how important water is to human life and also, because of agriculture, how important it is to plant life. But what about the earth in general? How important is water to the ecological balance of the earth? What role does it play and what would happen if we were to lose it or it didn’t exist?
Congratulations to all….. We have already crossed 50 degree temperature this year. Let’s cut more trees and wait for 60 degree temperature for next year. Water conservation is of critical importance today in India. The level of underground water table is getting down sharply. All water resources are drying up fast.
The Central Ground Water Board has warned that Punjab will become a desert in the next 25 years if these reservoirs are exploited at this rate. Niti Ayog has also warned that 21 cities including four metropolises— Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai will run out of groundwater by 2020.
Oh! My God. It is not less than a nightmare. Our survival is at stake. But it is also sad to see that no one is actually interested in this problem. Hundreds of villages have been evacuated as drought forces families to abandon their homes in search of water. Destroying forests, water bodies etc. In the name of development must cease. Otherwise, the situation may turn out to be catastrophic.
Scant interest in plantation, polluting rivers, deforestation etc. Are the direct threats to nature and in this greed, we have forgotten our responsibilities towards nature.  There is a dire need to raise strategic consciousness among all of us. Time has come to give emphasis on more tree plantation and balanced usage of water etc. So that generations may survive for years.
To water, were it sentient, it might seem that humans were its children, since we are so dependent upon it for survival. But humans don’t conceive of ourselves as subordinate to anything anymore. Instead, we treat water as our servant – as an element of the earth that we “control.” We use water to master life, feed ourselves, and to create our own subordinate products.
Article by:
Arti Sharma
