Water, water everywhere …
A deed is good indeed, when it serves the basic need/requirement of a large number of people. One such requirement is drinking water. In the past we saw many philanthropists who dug ponds, wells and sunk tube-wells for drinking water for the general people. We all know what the great saint Nizamuddin Aulia did. He dug a big pond (Dighi) near Delhi when he saw people were deprived of pure drinking water. We are heading towards acute crisis of drinking water, India is also apprehending the same. We are putting our own survival at risk by polluting water of all available sources. Rivers/canals are polluted with industrial wastes and ponds are polluted with household wastes. Excessive use of insecticides/fertilisers in the agricultural land also causes pollution. During monsoon water overflows the banks of the ponds and makes them polluted.
We have chosen the underground water as the remedy to meet the requirements of the city dwellers which is discouraged by the experts for possible risk of exhaustion of water, making the nature imbalanced. A disaster like earthquake may bring everything to a standstill. We therefore should immediately stop dumping of industrial wastes and other things which pollute rivers and canals and use surface water installing water treatment plants to avoid further damage to the nature. Arrangement for arsenic free water should be made available in the villages. Village people should be taught how to preserve rainwater during the monsoon and also to keep the pond water pollution free so that they can use the water after boiling it properly. The sooner we can do this the better for us, otherwise a severe catastrophe will strike, causing colossal loss of life and property.
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