WATER CRISIS IN METRO CITIES OF INDIA: NEED A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Among the different component of natural environment, water is the most
important component. Adequate supply of the safe water is essential for maintaining the
health and sanitary conditions. Not only this, water as the natural resource has influence on
almost every aspect of the development. Many people in the developing world are unable to
get enough water to meet their basic requirement for drinking or other essential purpose.
India is considered rich in terms of annual rainfall and total water available at the national
level; however, the uneven distribution of the resource cause regional and temporal shortage
of water. The rapid increase in the country’s population, from about 343 million at the time of
independence to over 1000 million in 2000, accompanied by the growth of agriculture,
industrialisation, rapid urbanisation, economic growth and improved access to the basic
services has resulted in an increase in the demand of water. The widening gap between the
demand and supply has led to a substantial increase in the share of ground water consumption
by the industrial, agricultural and domestic sectors. Sporadic urbanisation is mainly
responsible for the inadequate supply of the portable water. Most of the cities in India is
depend on the monsoon. Therefore uncertainty or delay in the monsoon create adequate water
crisis in Indian metro every year. Proper and efficient water supply is necessary to solve the
problem. The purpose of the sustainable water management is simply to manage our water
resources while taking into account the needs of present and future user.