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NCERT · Class 5 · EVS

Chapter 6: Every Drop Counts

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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 pipe line? What problems would other people face due to this? Do you have any such experience?

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Answer: It is very true that everybody is not getting enough water to drink. Yes, we have come to a situation where we have to purchase water to drink, which is mainly due to scarcity of water. This method has to change. I have seen some people draw water from the ground by deep bore wells, which is a wrong practice, as by doing so, it affects the environment. There are a few people who pump directly from the Jal Board pipeline, so that the water reaches them sooner than the people waiting in queue and hence, there is a scarcity of water for a normal life. I too have faced some situations where we had to suffer from scarcity.