Paragraph on World Water Day

Three most essential things for Humans to survive in this planet may be easily identified as Air, Water and Food. As our population increased, pressure to tap more and more resources also increased which lead to the over use and exploitation of all Natural resources. As a result of this human greed over centuries, today, communities across the world faces acute water shortages and air pollution. Today, we are left with a crisis where over 663 million people are living without a safe water supply close to their homes, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and trying to cope up with the health impacts of using contaminated water.

Water has very much importance in our lives. We can say that,” Water is Life”. Life begins from water, when we sow a seed in soil, it will not grow until we nourish it, we daily give water to that seed then it grows into a plant. What we eat daily, fruits, vegetables, cereals etc, they are available to us only because of “water”. We can realize the importance of water by looking at our daily routine. The idea for this international day goes back to 1992, the year in which the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro took place. That same year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water, to be observed starting in 1993. Later on, other celebrations and events were added. For instance, the International Year of Cooperation in the Water Sphere 2013, and the current International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028. These observances serve to reaffirm that water and sanitation measures are key to poverty reduction, economic growth, and environmental sustainability.

World Water Day is a United Nation Initiative and is all about educating our society about the preciousness of water and taking action to tackle the water crisis. It is an annual event celebrated every year on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. World Water Day is also used to highlight required improvements for access to water, sanitation, hygiene facilities in developing countries. Every year the awareness campaign will be on a specific theme. This year's focus is on reducing the wastage of water. As the population of the world is increasing, we are facing the problems of shortage of different natural resources because we are not handling them properly. Some countries of the world are also facing water shortage which is very disastrous to them. For example in India, residents of Bicholim (GOA) and it neighboring areas has faced severe water problems and in Pakistan, the area of “Thar” has lost many children due to severe drought. Other countries like Brazil, China, US, Jordan, South Africa, Libya, Kosovo are also facing water problems. By considering all the threats and problems, United Nations (UN) proposed to celebrate World Water Day on 22 March each year, according to the agenda 21 of United Nations. This was first proposed in the conference of United Nations on environment and development in 1992. And the first world water day was celebrated on 22 March 1993. The purpose to celebrate this world water day is to remind that we should follow the guidelines to save water for us and for our future generations. United Nations and its member nations celebrate this day by promoting and implementing the recommendations of UN to save water resources. Different organizations promote the ways to save water, treatment of waste water to make it clean, and to protect the aqueous habitats.

This world is not only for us. This is also for our future generations. It's important that we not only live here but also leaves a warm and fresh environment for our future generations. We, as students, can also play our part in building up this awareness among the society. Today let's declare that water is as precious as Gold and we will not waste it unnecessary. Let's encourage water conservation techniques like rain water harvesting and water recycling for sanitation and gardening. Let's be vigilant about water pollution. Lets not allow our fresh water bodies to be used at Dump yards for waste. Its the responsibility of every citizen around the globe to be a part of this exercise so that we can make this world a better place.