Awareness on saving water
The Serampore municipality has taken an initiative to spread awareness on saving and preserving water.
In keeping with the theme of this year's World Water Day, which is "Waste water", Union Environment Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha on Wednesday inaugurated an exhibition to create awareness on conservation of water.
Titled "Jal Hai To Kal Hai", the exhibition was organised jointly by the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), a subordinate office of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB); Central Ground Water Board (CGWB); and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. On this occasion, a group of school children used Performing Art to deliver the message.
Every year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. This year, it is "Waste water", an official communique on Wednesday said. World Water Day is held annually on 22 March, as a means to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993, as the first World Water Day.
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With rising pollution in water, today 1.8 billion people use a source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio, according to the communique.
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