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Jal Shakti Minister Shekhawat asks people to save water ‘seriously’

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Updated: October 30th, 2019, 19:55 IST
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New Delhi: Noting that India’s per capita water availability has come down drastically, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat warned Wednesday that if people don’t take saving water seriously, not only Chennai and Bangalore ‘will become Cape Town’ (South Africa) but also a majority of the population will be severely affected.

Addressing the ‘13th World Aqua Congress’ here, the Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said discussions at home should not be limited to movies and soap operas and there’s a need to make environment and water-related issues a part of family talks.

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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said water availability per capita has come down from 5,000 cubic metres at the time of Independence to 1,540 cubic metres.

“If it continues to decline in this fashion and the population continues to increase, not only Chennai and Bangalore will become Cape Town, a large part of India’s population will be affected,” asserted Shekhawat.

Water crisis in Cape Town peaked during 2017-18 when the South African capital almost ran out of water. It then introduced the idea of ‘Day Zero’, when most of the port city’s taps would be turned off to focus everyone’s attention on managing water consumption.

Rapid urbanisation, burgeoning population and poor water management have led to taps drying, groundwater levels falling, and lakes becoming toxic, froth-filled in Bangalore, according to reports. A large number of people have no access to piped water and are dependent on water tankers. The situation in Chennai, another metropolis, is no better. “In India, people worship rivers. Still, it has the most-contaminated water resources,” the minister rued.

On an average, India gets 1,068 mm rain and 4,000 million cubic metres of water per year through precipitation, yet it’s a water-scarce country, lamented Shekhawat. Israel, which gets 100 mm rain per year, is water-abundant and exporting the resource, he informed.

“In India, people talk more about rights and less about responsibilities… The government is certainly responsible, but it’s also the responsibility of the people and the industry to use water judiciously,” Shekhawat stated.

Shekhawat said everything was perfect when people were the custodians of natural resources.

“Problem began when we started considering ourselves owners of natural resources. India is the most groundwater-dependent country in the world. Still, its total water retention capacity is below 300 million cubic metres,” the minister said, emphasising the need to conserve water and recharge aquifers.

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