Friday, June 26, 2009
delayed monsoon and water problem
In Pune, monsoon usually arrives in 2nd week of June and we witness good amount of rainfall in June itself. This year monsoon arrived quite late and that too without any rain. Every day is cloudy but it doesn’t rain. Till now it rained just 3 mm in Pune. The water level in dams (which supply drinking water to Pune) has gone down drastically and Municipal Corporation has started rationing on drinking water supply. Citizens are feeling the heat. We usually never bother to save water and when scarcity is seen then only we start realizing importance of conserving natural resources (like I am writing this blog :)). In a recent report, I read that in Pune, Municipal Corporation provides 150% of average water need per person per day to citizens and also 30%-40% water gets wasted just in transmission. With this rate of consumption of water from dam, naturally by June dams get dried up if rain doesn’t arrive. When monsoon gets delayed and water level goes down in dams, Municipal Corporation starts extra rationing. Instead of that if they would have taken action to ensure proper supply with less wastage of water even if monsoon gets delayed or rainfall is below normal, people can have drinking water supply for extended period. People seating at higher level never do any planning. It’s very common with government authorities. Hope we will soon have blessings from rain GOD.
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The balance between life and resources in current world is very poor. Forests are shrinking, and animals are becoming extinct. Rivers are drying up and Glaciers are melting. May be all this could help the nature to restore the lost balance. We have used scientific knowledge to rage a war against nature. But there has to be a tipping point, where science will be unable to control the nature.
Population Control ... We need it badly. Sad it may be, but it has to come in some way or other :-)
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The issue which you brought into the notice of all the people is really concerned.The way we are consuming the natural resources very soon we are going to be dried up from drinking water and other resources.we must understand the importance of these resources.we should not bank upon the action to be taken by other people.it is we who has to initiate the process of conserving the natural resources.
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