Question

Anurag's friend visits his house for a weekend. He observes the following undesired practices without much care for water.\
i. Plants are watered to 3 times a day excessively.
ii.Taps are open running when not required.
iii.Cars are being washed by vrong methods leading to lot of wastage of water. He talks to Anurag about the wrong practices resulting in wastage of water and tells him that water should be used judiciously.
Answer the following questions based on the above information:
a.Which values are being neglected in the activities in the above situation?
b. What are the adverse effects of the activities observed that Anurag's house?
c. How can the values related to minimization of wastage of water in everyday life be promoted?

Answer 1

a. Awareness, concern for environment, sensibility, etc.

b. The adverse effects of such activities leads to an imbalance in the distribution of water resources leading to water scarcity in many areas, depletion of natural resources, etc

c. The values related to minimization of wastage of water can be promoted in everyday life by setting others an example by taking important and small steps such as closing the tap when not in use, using a bucket instead of shower, cleaning the car with the cloth instead of water, watering the plants only as much as required, awaring others about the ill effects of wasting water and stopping them whenever wastage is being promoted.