Water Crisis - Future is all Drying up
Water is life; this is the basic truth that even a child would
know. But the irony is we are not ready to accept that this water is literally
evaporating from the hands of our generations. With cities fast running out of
this essential part of life, we seem to wait for a miracle. Since when have
humans accepted defeat? Not when it comes to war and other means of
destructions, we seem to act faster than light. But when it comes to taking
preventive and corrective measures, the Govts seem to just wait for an angel.
But many have started to act earlier, and Baba Ram Rahim Ji is one amongst them. He has been suggesting that water
conservation and restoring the water table is easier than we think.

Let us identify the main culprits of the water crisis and the solutions.
In the first place, water is not meant to dry up. We have a well-formulated water cycle by nature. Which means water just changes forms but
never really goes out of our atmosphere. So with little changes in our means, we
can literally go back to the natural cycle.
Harvesting of rainwater-
This is the most simplest and effective means to save water going
into the oceans. Lakes, wells and all sorts of bodies need to be constructed to
harvest water. Even if 1% of rainwater is harvested it can provide water to
over a million people. Imagine the amount of fo water we can save through this
single medium alone. But little are we saying attention to this aspect.
Governments along with individuals and business houses all can come together
and make this a grand success. Had this been implemented earlier our cities
like Chennai and Delhi, would not be facing a water crisis like the ones seen
today.
Reusing water for irrigation, farming and similar other means
Baba Ram Rahim Ji has
even shown and in fact implemented a wonderful system of water reuse for
irrigation purposes. The same water is used over and over to the extent of 11
times, before it is vanishes completely, that again is absorbed by the crops.
Keeping a check on concretization-large scale
concretization of land is leaving no way for water to go back to the water
table. Excess rainwater, used to find its way back to the water bed, adding up
to the underground water reserves. But due to rampant concrete, this process
has made ground level water, go deeper and deeper and in some areas, it has
totally dried up. Recharging ground level water table is utmost important and
this can happen either through keeping a check on concretization or finding
ways by which water can be channeled back into the water beds underneath.
We need Trees, Trees and more trees to hold water - Our
friends our buddies, our fruit reserves can help us build water reserves too.
Provided we have them around, these are effective in holding ground level water
and also help in crisis situations like droughts, floods, etc. These trees are
effective in reducing the impact of these calamities and even avoid them
altogether. Even climate change, may slow down and be healed altogether with
these buddies around. So plant as many trees as possible to make sure our
climate is in best of health. Baba Ram Rahim Ji and the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda have in fact planted
more than 40 million trees across the globe.
Finding out leakage points- this is also important to cut
down water waste in leakage, during transit, in pipelines, tap water leakages
etc.
Keeping pollutants out of freshwater bodies - freshwater
bodies are fast becoming un-consumable due to rising pollutants that find their
way into these bodies. The result is an abandonment of these bodies for drinking
purposes thus adding to the water crisis.
Stop rampant cutting of trees and construction- cutting of
trees is eating up our planet. Imagine a beautiful building infested by
termites, and the whole structure can be demolished. Cutting of trees causes a
similar effect on our planet, only if these practices could be stopped
altogether, the planet would not suffer as it suffering now. A tree takes years to grow and provide
millions worth oxygen and save our planet from drowning, whereas it takes a
minute to bring it down. Also, illegal constructions need to be brought to zero,
if our generations were to survive on this wonderful planet.
Save rivers, proper evaluation of projects for Dams, etc -
Various projects are passed considering rampant corruption and selfish motives.
On proper evaluation, it has been observed that most of these project are
environmentally unviable and causing huge harm to our environment and water
bodies. Dams, for example, are even acting as limiting the river bodies from free-flowing and eventually even dry out. Proper evaluation of any project before
starting the same should be duly carried out, without fail.
Environmental friendly policies - This can only happen if
we have an environment as our priority. And we need to bring the environment to number
1 as part of the list of priorities, only then can we fight this water crisis
and allied challenges faced by us all over the world.
Saving water and judicious use of water - All said and
done, saving water, cannot be undermined. Each effort in saving and reducing
the consumption of water goes a long way in conserving the same. By watching
our water supplies, we can even teach our youngsters and younger generation
judicial use of water, which can save them from the upcoming challenge of the fresh
water supply shortage.
Baba Ram Rahim Ji has
highlighted many solutions that are simple and easy to implement to save water
and conserve energy. These include right from biogas plants to organic
farming, to saving water, by constructing a water channel, with sand and
stones, and the water can be reused for other purposes. Following these
methods, many have managed to save thousands of gallons of water, even DSS
ashram, is using most methods, to ensure water can be saved to the maximum.
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