Ananya and Varun were going to school when they saw some water leaking from the huge water pipes which carry drinking water into the city. Some people were bathing with the water which was leaking. Anaya felt that it was wastage of water whereas Varun thought that the people were saving water by using the leaking water for bathing. Who do you think is correct? [3 MARKS]

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Reason out: 1 Mark
Explanation: 2 Mark

As it has been mentioned that the water pipes were carrying drinking water so certainly using it for any other purpose is wastage of water. For bathing water can be taken from other sources also. Hence, Ananya is absolutely right in considering it as wastage of water.

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