WHILE India is aspiring to become a global power, most of its citizens do not even have the basic amenity of adequate water supply. During the last seven years, nearly 1.5 lakh villages have lost access to water supply. According to the comptroller and auditor general�s report, while 85 per cent of rural India is dependent on ground water, the environmental degradation and reduced recharge have made most underground sources ineffectual. In grain-surplus states of Punjab and Haryana, with over 20 lakh tube wells and pumps, water-tables have gone 1,600 feet deeper. The ground water levels fall by 25 to 30 metres every year....The Punjab government�s curb on the early sowing of water-intensive rice is appreciable, but it has to be regulated furthermore. The state government, instead of following appeasement policies like free electricity to farmers, should find suitable steps to augment water resources. To arrest the water-table, Haryana is planning a joint project with the centre. In Sirsa district, a pilot project involving recharge and storage tanks has already been initiated. Indeed ... India and its states cannot afford to fritter [water] away. The central government has been spending crores of rupees on water conservation, yet little attention is being paid to harvesting rainwater, even though it is estimated that if five per cent of the rainwater is harvested annually, it could produce 900 million litres of water.The centre�s initiative to make it mandatory for people to recharge underground water needs to be implemented with greater earnestness. Concerted government efforts must seek community participation, and the revival of the traditional water sources has to be encouraged

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