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The absence of water is so scary to even think of, isn’t it? How can we say goodbye to something without which we cannot live without for more than three days? On the other side, a man can live for three weeks if he has no food. The contemporary situation related to water is too horrible to envision.
We are so unconscious when it comes to saving water – the precious blessing of nature. Every morning we get up, every night we go to sleep, there will definitely be a tap open waiting for someone to have it closed. How bad is it! The elders have gone who used to make youngsters aware of the value of the water.
It has become our contractual obligation to put the blame of every failure, at the national and international level, on the government, but the wastage of the water expresses our collapse in our personal life. The tragic reality is that our elders have also forgotten their responsibility. They are also a part of this whole wastage-game. Wasting water is our failure to comprehend the natural duties that we owe to the environment.
According to research conducted by Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), about 84% percent of the whole population in Pakistan has no access to clean water. Those who have access to it are busy using it recklessly whenever they have to take a bath, to wash out their vehicles or to indulge in any activity where it is required.
The future trends with regard to water are not in favor of Pakistan. We as a nation have failed to bank and utilize it as it should have been. All research conducted on national and international level suggest that by 2025, there will be no water in Pakistan and it will become purely a water-scarce country.
Now, there are only two options: save money to buy mineral water in time to come or to save water, use it fittingly where needed, and join hands with the government to guarantee its availability for an unforeseeable future. The first option is not even close to actuality, and the subsequent one is apposite for all of us and most important of all, it is the need of the hour and the most effectual one.
