different movements related to water conservation

1. Water Conservation
Movements
BY CHAITANYAS
Grade 7 Genius

2. Page-1
• What is Water conservation?
Page-2
• Why is it required?
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• Name of water conservation movements.
Page-4 • Narmada bachao andolan
Page-4 • Jal Shakti Abhiyan
Page-4 • The Plachimada Campaign
Table of Contents

3. What is Water Conservation?
 Water conservation is the practice of using water efficiently to reduce
unnecessary water usage.
 Conservation of water mainly refers to protect, preserve, and control the usage
of water and its resources.
 It is the system introduced to manage freshwater, reduce the wastage and protect
the water and its resources in order to reduce and to avoid the scarcity.

4. Why is Water conservation required?
 Ninety-seven percent of all water on the earth is salt water, which is not suitable for drinking and only
3% of water on Earth is fresh water, and only 0.5% is available for drinking.
 Reasons to Conserve Water
• It minimizes the effects of drought and water shortages.
• It guards against rising costs and political conflict.
• It helps to preserve our environment.

5. Names of water conservation movements-
 Narmada Bachao Andolan
 Jal Shakti Abhiyan
 The Plachimada Campaign

6. Narmada Bachao Andolan
1. After the independence, India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, called for the construction of
dams on Narmada river.
2. Two of the largest proposed dams were Sardar Sarovar and Narmada Sagar.
3. In 1987, construction began on the Sardar Sarovar Dam and the people who were going to be
affected by the construction of the dam were given no information but the offer for rehabilitation.
4. In May 1990, Narmada Bachao Andolan organized a 2,000-person, five-day sit-in at PM V. P.
Singh’s residence in New Delhi, which convinced the Prime Minister to ‘reconsider’ the project.

7. Narmada Bachao Andolan
1. In December 1990, approximately 6000 men and women began the Narmada Jan Vikas Sangharsh
Yatra (Narmada People’s Progress Struggle March), marching over 100 kilometres.
2. In January 1991, Baba Amte and the seven-member team began an indefinite hunger strike
(continued for 22 days)
3. The Sardar Sarovar Dam’s construction began again in 1999 and was declared finished in 2006.
The height of the project was increased from 138 meters to 163 meters. It was inaugurated in 2017
by PM Narendra Modi.

8. Jal Shakti Abhiyan
 The Jal Shakti Abhiyan is a campaign for water conservation and water security in the country. It is
launched by the Union Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and has begun from 1st
July,2019.
 An important part of the Jal shakti abhiyan is that it will focus on 4 aspects.
 water conservation
 rainwater harvesting
 renovation of traditional and other water bodies

9. Jal Shakti Abhiyan
 Objectives of Jal shakti Abhiyan are-
 It will bring sensitivity on water conservation, and give it a focused approach for better results.
 for creation of baseline of water.
 It will increase Awareness among people to conserve water resources.
 In the mission, Scientists and IIT's will also be mobilized to support the teams.

10. The Plachimada Campaign
 Where is Plachimada?
 Plachimada is a sparsely populated tribal hamlet in Palakkad district.60% of the population is engaged in agriculture.
 When did Coca-Cola set up shop in Plachimada?
 The Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of the Atlanta-based manufacturer of aerated
drinks, erected its factory in a 38-acre plot in Plachimada in 1999

11. The Plachimada Campaign
 What went wrong?
 As per the agreement struck by the company with the KSPCB, up to 1.5 million litres of water was drawn
commercially from 6 bore-wells situated inside the factory. The permit granted Coca-Cola the right to extract
ground water to meet its production demands of 3.8 litres of water for a litre of cola.
 As a result, the water table receded, as did the quality of groundwater. Detailed sampling of the water collected
from the region revealed high concentration of calcium, and magnesium ions.

12. The Plachimada Campaign
 Popular protest
 Public anger led to the fight for the closure of the polluting soda factory, in April, 2002. For a year, awareness camps
and torchlight vigils were organised. The cola giant slapped charges against the leaders of the rebellion.
 Solution
 The 12-year-old case finally reached closure when Coca-Cola relinquished its license, stating that it did not want to
resume production in Plachimada.

13. Conclusion
At last, we should always conserve water as it is a definite resource
which means that it has a limited quantity. Some of the movments
mentioned above give inspiration to us and also give us the confidence
to tell the government about the problems by taking some non-violent
campaigns and different abhiyans.