Anna University Chennai 2007 M.Sc Information Technology English - Question Paper

various parts of the country have uneven utilisation and various issues. In the canal-fed north there is trouble from water logging. On the coast there is influx of saline water into the aquifer. We have a country stretching from the desert areas to the snow covered mountains. The coastal area production is becoming a different problem, because most of the industries have shifted to the coastal area and are utilising the groundwater, with the outcome that even the good drinking water – potable, safe drinking water – is not available to the poor in cities there”.

It is not the lack of water so much as geographic distribution that poses issues. Water sources are plenty, but the cost to harness them will be very heavy. India is a little various from other countries. When the Himalayas were lifted, a crust was formed that very soon got filled up with water. Up to 2, 500 metres, it is full of water. But our southern states do not have the advantage. So this is the right time to begin with conservation, with artificial recharging of the system or whatever else is available.

Pollution laws must be enforced and people educated about the seriousness of the situation. The Supreme Court has already provided guidelines that all effluent to be discharged should be treated up to a certain standard so that groundwater doesn’t get polluted. Many industries are still discharging untreated effluent. Stringent punishments should be inflicted on such people. So the legal regulations needs to be very strict in handling such a situation.

Taking measures against industry is possible, but taking measures against private individuals is more difficult. CGWA is organising many awareness programmes going to the common man with literature in the local language, just to make people understand how serious the issue is. The info is accessible to anyone who wants it. They are also trying to put all the info on the Internet so that anyone can download the info from the web site.

In India there are many private contractors who take their machinery, just drill and install a tube well. They are not backed up by any tech. organisation, or tech. personnel. They are illiterate people, most of them, and that is their trade, so, the CGWA wants to create a tech. cell that can advise them on the designs of the tube well so that India’s underground system does not get destroyed.

i. Identify the causes for the issues given:

Problem Causes
a) The depletion of the Groundwater i) ----------------------------

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