Every Drop Counts - Class 5 Evs - Extra Questions

Yes, in summer we use pot made up of clay and sand. Water remains cool in it.

For travellers, there were arrangements of piau, mashak etc. Now a-days, people usually purchase packaged drinking water or carry their own water bottles.

Rs. $$362.00$$.

Yes, we have to pay for water about Rs. $$300$$ per month. The rate is the same in different colonies.

Instead of drawing the water up from the well like common wells, the people could go down the steps and reach the water. That is why they are called stepwells.

There is a massive difference between the earth soil particles so it can able to soak water. After soaking it enters into the well and step wells like an evaporation. Step wells are known as ponds or wells in which the water level is attained by descending through set of straps

The soil around trees and parks is now covered with cement. Thus "cement" is the correct word

Al-Biruni said that the people in India are very skilled at making ponds. They pile up huge rocks and join them with iron rods to build chabutaras (raised platforms) all around the lake. Between these, there are rows of long staircases, going up and down. The steps for going up and coming down are separate. So there is less crowding.

Now the water does not get collected in the nine lakes of Ghadsisar. Rainwater just flows away and is wasted.

All around the Ghadsisar, there are ghats with steps leading to the water, decorated verandahs, large halls, rooms and much more. People came here to celebrate festivals and to attend programmes of music and dance. Children came to study in the school on the ghat. The talab belonged to everyone and everyone took care to keep it clean. Rainwater collected in this lake spread over many miles. It was made in such a way that when the lake was full, the extra water flowed into another lake at a lower level. When that too filled up, the extra water flowed into the next lake. This way all nine lakes filled up. This rain water could be used throughout the year.

The other sources of history include old buildings, coins, paintings, etc

Water from the lakes was soaked into the ground and it reached the wells and bavdis (stepwell) from where it was collected for use.

Some ways I can collect water:
1. Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting
2. Collecting water in underground tanks
3. Rainwater barrels

People in our country are victims of unequal water distribution because of several reasons including caste and religion. Some people are barred from entering certain areas of collected water for use. These activities are reason for unequal distribution of water in the country. 

Rain barrels or tanks can be used to collect rain wate. They are comprised of plastic and come in different sizes and have a small opening in the bottom.

Earlier, kings and rulers used to build huge lakes and canals to collect water. These were sturdy structures that carried massive amount of water enough for everyone's need in the kingdom however nowadays, people usually collect water in their homes using rooftop harvesting which collect little water and is used within a household.

In the summer, when the wells dried up, women had to leave the village to get water. Darki Mai heard about the group and asked for help.

No, I don't think water should be payable. It is an essential element to life like air and thus, it should be a basic right to everyone.

In 1986, there was no rain in Jodhpur and the surrounding areas. People remembered the old and forgotten stepwell (baoli). They cleaned the stepwell and more than two hundred trucks of garbage were taken out of it. People of the area collected money. The thirsty town got water from the stepwell. After a few years, it rained well and again the stepwell was forgotten.

The bill bears the name of Shri Mohd. Umar and Dr. Mohd. Shoaib.

This bill has come from Delhi Jal Board.

This bill is from $$11.07.2007$$ to $$05.09.2007$$.

Yes, I have seen a few piau, bavidis that people are free to use, with no one looking after them.

Yes, $$28$$ rupees have been spent on repairing, which is included in the bill.

Yes, we get a water bill at home. We live in Delhi and so get our bill from Delhi Jal Board.

In India, we have an acute shortage of water because we have not cared to conserve water or rationalised its use in spite of us having a high amount of rainfall compared to the rest of the world. Cherrapunji, which receives about 11,0000 mm of rainfall annually, suffers from an acute shortage of drinking water. This is because rainfall in India occurs in short spells of high intensity due to which rain falling on the surface tends to flow away rapidly, leaving very little for the recharge of groundwater.
Rooftop rainwater harvesting is the most common practice in Shillong, Meghalaya. Nearly every household in the city has a rooftop rainwater harvesting structure. Nearly 15-25 percent of the total water requirement of the household comes from rooftop water harvesting.

96.5 percent of the total volume of the world water is estimated to exist as oceans and only 2.5 percent as freshwater. Nearly 70 percent of this freshwater occurs as ice sheets and glaciers in Antarctica, Greenland and the mountainous regions of the world, while a little less than 30 percent is stored as groundwater in the world's aquifers.
India receives nearly 4 percent of the global precipitation and ranks 133 in the world in terms of water availability per person per annum.
The total renewable water resources of India are estimated at 1,897 sq km per annum. By 2025, it is predicted that large parts of India will join countries or regions having absolute water scarcity.