White+drops+elude+Bundelkhand served as one of the Headlines of Times of India in June 2011. Not restricted to the year 2011, we see similar tag and headlines in time regularly for every state and city. Do we want a bolder headline for PUNJAB? Are we thinking why we face these situations time and again? Are we in spite of this status caring to avoid these situations....The state of Punjab is reported to exploit 170% of ground water and in either of the seasons, be it summer or winters, urban and rural residents do not get water for more than 5-6 hours a day.
Have we ever thought? how would we treat ourselves, if we the residents of Punjab state were asked to live for one week in Bundelkhand?
Would we have recreated canals for us? Would we have established expensive pumps in the region to extract water for ourselves?
My questions here are in reference to the current harvest of cars that we currently reap.
While bicycling back to my house today at 08:30AM today in Mohali (S.A.S. Nagar), i saw the above pasted scenes.
"There are 8 cars to 5 houses on an average. Every owner uses an average of 40 liters of fresh water everyday in order to wash their cars, which means an average of 320 liters for 8 cars This water could serve for drinking purpose for at least 10 people on a day.
Mohali's population is approximately 174000 based on the 2011 census. I tried to search for the number of cars registered in the town too, but without success. However, looking at the factual scene around me almost every morning when i go without the ambition of being a stringer, similar pictures as above, is- what i find.
Do the residents of this town need to be awakened to the grim water situation by taking them on a trip to Bundelkhand???
