Agra Water Crisis: After Bengaluru, now the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh is facing water crisis and the authorities are on high alert as the supply of water from Ganga faces an abrupt disruption to the city. This disruption in the water supply is alarming about the water crisis in the city this summer. The situ could face water crisis as the temperature also soars due to heatwave in the city.
However, the authorities have decided to postpone the total shutdown of the water supply for technical reasons until after the festivals of Eid and Ramnavmi.
With the rising of the temperature, Agra’s two million residents are gearing up for struggle for water in this season. The water crisis emerged as the demand rises and the supply fails to meet the increasing requirement, primarily due to neglect of Yamuna.
It should be noted that the pipeline from Palda, which supplies approximately 140 cusecs of water, falls short of meeting the demand, putting immense pressure on city’s waterworks during summer.
Giving details to IANS, President of Agra Civil Society Anil Sharma said, “Apart from the sorry state of river Yamuna, another reason for the current crisis is disappearance of water bodies. Earlier, there were more than 500 community ponds in the district, but now only around a hundred are left. The rest have been gobbled up by land sharks, but the state govt has not shown any concern.”
“Elected representatives could have spent time and money to clean up the river through dredging and desilting to increase the water-holding capacity of the Yamuna river during the monsoon season,” said Devashish Bhattacharya, a river activist told the news agency .
In Agra, there were more than 500 community ponds in the district, but now only around a hundred are left. The rest of the ponds have been grabbed up by land dealers. It is regretting to notice that the Uttar Pradesh state government has not shown any concern to the matter.
With the rising of the temperature, long queues were seen at hand pumps and residents waiting for municipal water tankers are being seen in the city. Moreover, the city residents are frustrated for the water crisis and slammed elected representatives for their failure to address the persistent water shortages.
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