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World Earth Day- April 22

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Let's pledge to do our part in saving our Mother Earth  This Year's Theme "Restore our Earth "   Climate change and coronavirus pandemic have reminded us of the harm we've caused.  Therefore, we must Restore Our Earth not just because we care about the natural world, but because we live on it and our future generation will also live on it and wil thrive on the resources  we leave for them History Every year on April 22    founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson. First organized in 1970 to promote ecology. Raise awareness of the growing problems of air, water, and soil pollution. United Nations calls it by “International Mother Earth Day" .

The Great Indian Thirst

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The Great Indian Thirst https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/ With the onset of summers, the worrysome thing in my locality is whether our locality's well would be able to give us water for the three cruel hot months ahead...?? By the way we (the people in my locality) are not the only ones who go through the same thought process every summers. As per NITI Aayog report of 2018 stated : That nearly 600 million or nearly half of India's population, almost half of India's population faces extreme water crisis. 75% of rural households doesn't have piped, potable water . Those households rely on sources which can have serious implications on human health. 70% of our sources are contaminated. Major rivers are dying due to insane amount of pollution in them. Groundwater table is depleting at a rapid pace and India is World's largest extractor of Ground water accounting for almost 25% . All in all we are suffering from " worst water crisis " and going towards even ...