Question

What is the effect of water scarcity on the life of people?

Answer 1

Scarcity of water has an adverse effect on people, which may be listed as follows:
(i) It would be very difficult to find water for the essential day to day activities.
(ii) People have to travel long distances to fetch water or pay a high price for buying water.
(iii) This leads to poor sanitation, which may cause epidemic diseases.
(iv) The agricultural activities and also production in industries get affected due to the lack of water. As a result, crop productivity, animal productivity and industrial productivity decrease.