Perfecting Youth

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Samkit Yuvak Mandal

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bathing to remove the colors. Lakhs of litres of water is just wasted in a single day.
faces the greatest threat. Over 90 per cent of the region's population is experiencing severe water stress, with water consumption exceeding by 10 per cent the availability of renewable fresh water resources. One in six people still have no regular access to safe drinking water. More than twice that number (2.4 billion people) lack access to adequate sanitation facilities. In Africa, 300 million people—40 per cent of the population live without basic sanitation and hygiene, an increase of 70 million since 1990.
There are many ways to elaborate the water waste prevalent worldwide. Usage of bottled water is one among them. Can anyone calculate the water waste while gulping a bottle full of water? Bottled water is a big industry where we drain water buckets to get a glassful. The environmental cost of the massive consumption of bottled water has led some U.S. and Canadian local governments to consider a ban on its sale. While this seems an extreme response, the scientific concerns are wellfounded, and the facts may surprise you. Fact 1 : Bottles used for packaged water take over 1,000 years to bio-degrade and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes. It is estimated that over 80% of all single use water bottles used in the U.S. simply become "litter."
When there is a financial crisis, people cut short their expenses. When there is no adequate space, people relax in half the space. When there is load of work & loss of time, people avoid wasting time. But one funny thing we see is people acknowledging water scarcity, go on wasting water on an increasing rate. The Festival of Holi is celebrated in India by people throwing colors and spraying colored water on each other. Doesn't it deserve a rethink command in the current adverse situations forecasting a furious future? Just imagine the water wastage in both, playing Holi and then in
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