WATER DAY

Dear All

Good days to have better water days in the life ..........

What is the special about water? Why we all need to discuss, organize workshops, seminars, publish volumes and so on? Is it necessaryto make it as a burning topic or issue or challenge? 

Our ancients never thought so seriously about the water what we are doing now a days?  They always fought for "Roti, Kapda and Makhan". What happened to water or the people to make it so much of burning issues?  What is the diference between our ancients and ourselves? We know the reasons?

A big YES.  The water is precisous and literally controls the livelyhood of the man kind and their development including the Nation at all levels. Reasons for the change in the water senario or environment or cycle are many. 

Some of the significant differences includes:

• They have respected the water resources. We did opposite.
• They have manged the water resources. We did opposite. 
• They developed water bodies. We did opposite.
• They have utilized properly. We did opposite.
• Their requirement was for livelyhood. Our requrement is for luxuary.
• They loved to be with the nature. We are in concreate jungle.
• Their's was steady approach. Our's is race with greedy.
• They maintined relationships. We did opposite.
• They preferred joint family. We want nuclear family.
• Their's was eco-friendly environment. Our's is polluted un-friendly.
• They shared the resources. We are grabbing them madly.
• They used the natural technologies.  We are machanized.
• They loved the mother earth for peace. We love to destroy it for wealth.
• For them, health is welath. For us wealth is health. 

................................... like this the list is endless ... the result is purchasing water ... tuned with bottled water ...  helping for others business. 

I have seen the people in the remote villages of Rajasthan (in the year 1885) who used to conserve the water with top priority. Anything else for them is after water. Slowly, the attitude of the people towards water has changed drastically and the end result is before us.   We all like to live with the present situation which is alarming and its consequences are dangerous even threatning the life itslef.  We are living with GLOBAL WARMING. The future is known to all of us. 

All the stkaheolders learned lessons and realized the mistakes they did. Nothing will come by just cursing the past.  We all need to open our eyes and do the poosible for saving the WATER and further to live in eco-friendly & healthy environment.  

What we all need to do? It is very simple.  They are:

• Respect water.
• Use water with concern and caucious.
• Avoid wasting water.
• Save water at all levels. 

As a thumb rule, if the rainwater is saved to the maximum extent possible, probably majority of present water crises can be solved automatically. How we can do this? Simple, the ways include:

• Harvest rainwater: Start from the house itself. Donot allow rainwater to go out of the house. Try to sink in to the earth thus enahnce the  level of gorundwater. Save it on surface for direct use. 
• Develop watersheds: First renovate the existing water bodies & develop new one like - construct pond, tanks, injecting wells, etc.  

These techniques are very simple and it only needs concern, commitment with dedication. If we all realise the need & consequences then with simple measures, the present water crises and blownup Global Warming situation can be minimized.

On WATER DAY of 2010, we take oth and re-dedicate ourselves to: 

• respect the water, 
• use the water with concern
• use the water optimally,  
  
• save the rainwater,
• minimise or optimize the water needs
• love greenary,
• plant tree samples,

Hope to .... resolve the water cirses, maintain greenary, minimize the pollution, plant trees ... to live happily with better sustainability and quality.  

Looking forward for water networking and thus to save the EARTh and thus mankind. 

with thanks