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प्रश्न
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.
उत्तर
- 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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संबंधित प्रश्न
Have you ever faced a shortage of water in your area? If yes, then what was the reason for it?
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.
Who all use the water?
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?
Why do you think Dilli Sarkar (Government of Delhi) is written under Delhi Jal Board?
In whose name is the bill? How much money do they have to pay for each month?
Bring a water bill, look at it and tell -
How much money is to be paid for this bill?
