Farmers used to look at the sky for rain. They used to get the frogs married. Brahmins used to perform Varuna Yagam. Now cloud seeding is happening. We cannot depend on the borewells all the time until and unless the rainwater changes the underground.
We have no other option but to look at the sky like the farming community. The concrete jungles are now allowing the groundwater to percolate and that is the main issue. With no proper rains the ground water tables have depleted. Some borewell are going dry.
The experts say that people should focus on increasing the groundwater level with the help of Rainwater harvesting techniques and recharge pits. We are seeing people constructing the recharge pits to save the rainwater.
Some agriculturists are using tankers for the horticulture. But that is not sufficient to save the flowering plants,The water can be used to safeguard the ground-level water. Hyderabad will also expand in the coming days and everyone should take the required measures to see that the water is not wasted and the water level is not decreased.
The water mafia is on the prowl in many areas of Hyderabad sucking the groundwater and selling to the residential complexes this summer. If the rains don’t fall as expected then there could be water wars in the future.
We have not other option but to look at the sky like farmers. Right now the situation is alarming and the Government is not that serious about resolving the issues. The projects must also get water to quench the thirst of people and also the agriculture fields.
