Water Resource!

Assertion: In a sanitary landfill wastes are dumped in a depression or trench after compaction and covered with dirt everyday. Reason: There is a danger of seepage of chemicals from these landfills polluting the underground water resources

The havoc ofrecurring famines and the subsequentimpact of devastating floods are major impediments in the path of social and economic progress of India. No doubt, the nation has made great strides in the judicious use of water,whether it is irrigation to fulfil the objective of food security or water conservation for rain-fed crops or drinking water or ground water for industrial and agricultural purposes. How-ever, the demand for water is more than the available and sustainable supply. It is so because water resources are not managed by integrated suitable methods for multipurposes. India has achieved success in channelising its water resources.