Find out
Is there a lake, well or stepwell near your house or school? Visit it and find out more about it.
How old is it? Who got it built?
What kinds of buildings are around it?
Is the water clean? Is it cleaned regularly?
Who all use the water?
Is there any festival celebrated at this place?
Is there any water today, or is it dry?
Discuss
There are two old wells in the area where Punita lives. Her grandmother says that about fifteen – twenty years ago there was water in these wells. The wells could have dried up because:
Water is being pumped up from under the ground, with the help of electric motors.
The lakes in which rain water used to collect are no longer there.
The soil around trees and parks is now covered with cement.
Is there some other reason for this? Explain.
Discuss
Everyone has the right to live. Yet, is everybody getting enough water to live or even water to drink? Why is it that some people have to buy drinking water? Should it be like this? Water on this earth is for one and all. Some people draw out water from the ground by deep bore wells. How far is it correct? Have you ever seen this? Why do some people put a pump directly in the Jal Board pipe line? What problems would other people face due to this? Do you have any such experience?
Look at this bill and tell
From which office has this bill come?
Do you get a water bill at home? Find out from where it is sent?
Why do you think Dilli Sarkar (Government of Delhi) is written under Delhi Jal Board?
In whose name is the bill? How much money do they have to pay for each month?
Do you have to pay for water? How much? Is the rate of water different in different colonies? Ask your elders
What we have learnt
Make a poster : Do you remember the slogan – “Water on earth is for one and all.” Think of some other such slogans. Draw pictures and make a nice poster.
Bring a water bill, look at it and tell –
This bill is from___________date to___________date.
How much money is to be paid for this bill?
What else can you see in the bill, like the money spent on repair, maintenance etc.?